Winston, Harper, Fisher Co. v. Price
Winston, Harper, Fisher Co. v. Price
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from an order of the county court of Wells county denying a motion to amerce the sheriff for a failure to levy an execution on real property in Kidder county. The execution was for $11.02. The sheriff refused to make the levy for the reason that the judgment had not been docketed in his county. The sheriff was perfectly right. The statute is that when an execution is against the property of a judgment debtor it may be issued to the sheriff of any county where the judgment is docketed. Comp. Laws 1913, § 7715. And when a judgment is rendered by a county court a certified transcript of the same may be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court and the judgment docketed therein, and from the time of docketing it becomes a judgment of the district court for the purpose of an execution and a lien upon real property owned by the judgment debtor. Then the clerk of the district court may give a
And this, for himself, the writer declares: That it is in no way proper for an attorney to belittle himself and the court by taking an appeal on such a small matter; and also that the statute in regard to the amercement of a sheriff is of barbarous and despotic origin, and it is contrary to the spirit of our Constitution, and the amercement or fine should never be imposed except in cases of grave and wilful fault, resulting in grave injury. The true purpose of the law is to administer fair and honest and honorable justice, and not to aid in robbing a sheriff or a bank or any party. The order is affirmed, with costs.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- WINSTON, HARPER, FISHER COMPANY, a Corporation v. T. A. PRICE, as Sheriff of Kidder County, North Dakota
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- Published