Dunham v. Reilly

The plaintiffs recovered judgment against one Rogers and Luke, Joseph and Robert Orr on the 6th day of January, 1879, in the Marine Court of this city, and on that day issued executions to the then sheriff of this county, which, on the eighth of March following were returned nulla bona. No transcript of either of these judgments was filed in the office of the county clerk before the executions were issued or their return. The plaintiffs commenced this action to recover damages for the return mentioned, which with proper averments was alleged to be false. The defendant demurred and that…