Superior Court of Delaware, 1841

Lofland v. Cannon

Lofland v. Cannon
Superior Court of Delaware · Decided July 5, 1841
3 Del. 320

Counsel

Houston, for exceptant.

Lofland v. Cannon

Opinion of the Court

But the Court said the proceeding is under section 14, Dig. 338, and is defective, because not before a justice of the peace of the same county where the judgment was originally rendered. A scire facias may be issued by a justice in either county, on the transcript of a judgment before any other justice in the State, but an execution cannot be issued on such transcript by any other than a justice of the same county.

Judgment reversed.

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