People ex rel. New Boston Fish Co. v. Ferguson

Mr. Presiding Justice Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action in debt begun by the People of the State of Dlinois for the use of New Boston Fish Company against Noah Ferguson, Fred Clayton and L. F. Mathers on a constable’s bond, for damages resulting from the alleged failure and neglect of Noah Ferguson, ■a constable, to levy or return within the time required by the statute an execution placed in his hands for the collection of a judgment.

The declaration avers the giving of the constable’s bond by the defendants, and that the New Boston Fish Company recovered a judgment…