Grant v. Boyd

It appears that Boyd, who was plaintiff in the court below, took out an execution on a judgment in his favor, which was to be discharged by the payment of £255, with interest thereon, at the rate of five per cent, per annum, from October 1, 1798, until paid, and $7.5 costs. On this execution payments were endorsed for £68 4, made December 14, Í799; and that by virtue of this execution, two of Grant’s negroes were seized, and restored to him on his entering into a forthcoming bond with Bartlett Graves, his security, dated February 5, 1800, which was forfeited. But the sheriff who took the bond…