Stockton v. Hall

*160Opinion Of the Cour/t. — On the 12th of Septem-1801, Samuel A. Hall sued out his capias, return-a|j¡e on the same day to the Fleming court of quarter sessl0ns> then m session, expressing m the body ol the writ, that he was assignee of William-Stockton, who was *161Assignee of Daniel Mullins, in covenant against George - Stockton, jr. The writ was endorsed as brought on a covenant for the delivery of S 40 worth of cattle. The declaration, after stating the covenant, &c. as executed by the defendant to Mullins, states the assignment there-bfby him to Stockton, on the 1st day of June Í8Ó1, and by…