Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, 1851

Berry v. Staples

Berry v. Staples
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Decided July 1, 1851 · Orally, Shepley
33 Me. 494

Berry v. Staples

Opinion of the Court

Shepley, C. J., orally.

— The R. S. chap. 104, sect. 34, provide, that “ a constable shall have authority to serve any writ or precept, in any personal action, where the damage sued *495for and demanded shall not exceed one hundred dollars.” An execution is embraced within the term “precept.” This appears from sect. 35 which prescribes, that before serving any “ writ or execution,” the constable shall give bond. He may therefore serve an execution wherein the damage recovered was not more than $100, although if the cost be added, the amount to be collected shall be more than that sum, and such has always been the understanding of the profession.

Exceptions overruled.

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