Greer v. Howard
Greer v. Howard
Opinion of the Court
If the revivor of the action in the name of Roseberry, the successor of Young as assignee of Carroll & Son, was proper, the sureties in the replevin bond became liable for the amount of the judgment recovered therein against the plaintiff.
It is argued, however, that the action should have been revived in the name of the legal representative of Young, the first assignee, and that the revivor in the name of Rose-berry beingi wrong, a judgment against him does not bind the sureties of Young, the original plaintiff.
The principal argument in support of this claim, is that section 6341, of the Revised Statutes, requires,' on the death of an assignee or trustee, that Ms legal representative sh'all file and settle his accounts, and immediately after such settlement shall pay over to his successor all moneys found due
The action on the bond, however, was brought by the plaintiffs in the execution under which the sheriff levied on the property, without alleging an assignment of the bond to them by the sheriff, or an assignment to them of the judgment in replevin, and without alleging any reason why they should bring the action, such as the refusal or neglect of the sheriff to enforce the bond or to assign it or the judgment to them. They might clearly maintain the action if the bond had been assigned to them or if the judgment had been assigned, which would have effected an assignment of the bond as an incident to it. Or if the sheriff had refused or neglected to assign either the judgment or the bond, or to enforce the bond, in the latter case making the sheriff a party. This would not be their only remedy, but this one they would clearly have under the circumstances supposed. The plaintiffs in the common pleas failed to set forth a state of fact sufficient to entitle
Judgment affirmed.
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