Ritter v. Greason

After instituting supplementary proceedings against the plaintiff on a judgment for costs, the creditors issued a new execution to the sheriff and collected thereon the entire amount of the judgment. The levy under the second execution, having proved ample, suspended all further proceedings on the part of the creditor. Crock. Sher. § 440; Steinhardt v. Michalda, 15 Civ. Pro. 323. It was held in the former Court of Chancery that the filing of a creditor’s bill did not preclude the plaintiff from issuing a second execution, but if a levy was made thereunder, on property conceded to belong to…