Evans v. Freeland
Evans v. Freeland
Opinion of the Court
The pleadings presented various other points, but the following, only, were noticed in the opinion of this Court, pronounced on Saturday, the 11th of January, 1812.
“ This Court is of opinion, that the judgment aforesaid of the District Court is erroneous : therefore, it is considered, that the same be reversed and annulled with costs : and this Court, proceeding to give such judgment as the said District Court ought to have given, (not deciding upon the other points occurring in the case, further than to express its present impression to be that, under the actual circumstances of this case,
Note. It appeared in evidence, that the sheriff refused to accept the surrender, notwithstanding he was fully apprized of the undertaking of the plaintiffs in error as bail, but grounded his objection to holding Armstrong in custody, not on their want of right to make the surrender, but on motive* of personal friendship and tenderness to the said Armstrong.
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