New York Supreme Court, 1816

Sloan v. Wattles

Sloan v. Wattles
New York Supreme Court · Decided January 15, 1816
13 Johns. 158

Counsel

N. WILLIAMS, for the- defendant,, 7. Hamilton, contra.

Sloan v. Wattles

Opinion of the Court

Per Cúriam.

- /The attorney'might ha-ve altered the, test a nd .return of a writ before it had been served; and the sheriff was fully authorized, by. the attorney, to -make the alteration in case it should be-necessary. .vWe think.the-'sheriff, in this'case, had not proceeded so far hut that he might exercise the power,•given* to 'him/by- the attorney, and that the motion, therefore, fought to he-denied.

Motion-denied.

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