New York Supreme Court, 1832

People v. Allen

People v. Allen
New York Supreme Court · Decided May 15, 1832
9 Wend. 224
People v. Allen

Opinion of the Court

The defendant, brought up on an attachment for not returning an execution, objected that the defendant in the suit in which the execution was issued had duly sued out a writ of error to remove the judgment. By the Court. That is no excuse ; unless the defendant has' obtained a stay of the execution by putting in and perfecting bail, the plaintiff is entitled to have execution of his judgment. You must pay the" amount of the execution or stand committed.

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