Dowsman v. Potter

This was a motion for a rule upon the-Circuit' Gdurt, to- show- cause why a manda-mus should not issue, commanding the said Circuit Court to quash an execution issued on a judgment in the above entitled suit. The facts upon which the motion was founded are, in substance, as follows: That in 1821 a judgment was rendered in the Circuit Court in the above cause against Potter, and an execution was issued thereon within a year and a day after the judgment, which was returned unsatisfied. One other execution was also issued-on the said judgment, and returned unsatisfied and then, after an interval…