New York Supreme Court, 1800

Stewart v. Williams

New York Supreme Court · Decided October 15, 1800

2 Johns. Cas. 71

Counsel

Hoffman

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Let the attachment be set aside, and the rule be vacated, with costs, to be paid by the plaintiff. The sheriff was entitled to twenty days notice of the rule to bring in the body.(a)

(a) Supreme Court, April Term, 1798. — McGourck v. Armstrong— Per Cur. A sheriff must have twenty days notice of a rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue against him. Judge Radcliffe’s MSS. S. C., C. C. 50. See also Grah. Prac. 2d ed. 165, 166, et seq.

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