Mountz v. Jones

Plea of release under the Insolvent Act of 1774, e. 28. General demurrer. in support of the demurrer, contended that the release was not valid under the Act of 1774. That act provides that a copy of the justices’ certificate shall by the sheriff be affixed to the door of the clerk’s office of the county, and at the door of the prison of the county. The prisoner must be confined in the county jail, and the debtor’s property is to vest in the sheriff of the county.