Brewster v. Van Ness
New York Supreme Court
R. SEDGWICK moved for an attachment against the defendant, late sheriff of Saratoga, for not paying over to the plaintiff, money levied and received by him on a tesl.ji. fa.
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R. SEDGWICK moved for an attachment against the defendant, late sheriff of Saratoga, for not paying over to the plaintiff, money levied and received by him on a tesl.ji. fa. It appeared that the sheriff had made a return to the execution, that on the 25th of October, 1819, he levied 146 dollars and 48 cents, with interest from the 20th of November, 1818, and had the money in his hands, subject to the plaintiff’s order; and that the money had not been paid over to the plaintiff. The counsel for the defendant objected, that the plaintiff ought to have applied to the sheriff for the money before…
1Per curiam
The sheriff was bound either to pay over the money to the plaintiff, without any previous demand tipon him for that purpose, or to have paid it into Court.
*134The plaintiffmay take a rule, that the defendant forthwith pay over t0 plaintiff the amount levied on the execution, together with the costs of this application, or that an. attachment issue against him.
Rule accordingly.
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