Dyer v. Tilton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On MOTION. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
On motion to set aside verdict as against law and evidence. The plaintiff declares in case against the sheriff for the misconduct of his deputy, setting forth his claim in two counts, in the first of which the misdoing alleged is a willful refusal and neglect to’ take the bodies of the plaintiff’s judgment debtors in default of other satisfaction, and a neglect to return the plaintiff’s execution into the clerk’s office according to its precept. The second count sets out the recovery of judgment by the plaintiff at the March term, 1875, against two debtors, the issuing of sundry executions…
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