Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1826

Bradford v. Earle

Bradford v. Earle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 9, 1826
21 Mass. 120

Bradford v. Earle

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The filing of the execution is an immaterial fact. Though it should remain in the hands of the officer, yet that would be no objection to the scire facias against,the bail, if the proper return is made. The object in putting the execution in the clerk’s office is, to preserve it as evidence for the benefit of the parties. See the case of Prescott v Pettee, 3 Pick. 331.1

Defendant defaulted.

See also Welsh v. Joy, 13 Pick. 477; Emerson v. Towle, 5 Greenl. 197.

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