¶1The defense set up, however it might have been available in the original action, is inadmissible upon the scire facias. Further, the defense is insufficient if it had been regularly pleadable to the scire facias, for it admits the receiving of twenty! shillings in his own wrong, and the plaintiff avers that he received £700 worth of estate, which is not traversed or denied by the defendant; and his after taking administration does not purge the original wrong.
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Green v. Dewitt
Decided March 15, 1790
Connecticut Superior Court · decided 1790-03-15
Scjqie Facias, to have judgment against him in propria persona, dated 19th January, 1190. Plea — That he did receive of said jTabez’s wearing apparel to the amount of twenty shillings only; and that after said Green had commenced his original suit against him, he took administration on said Jabez’s estate, reported it insolvent, and commissioners were appointed and a time allowed for tlie settlement of said estate until the 1st day of May next, which time is not yet expired.
Decided 1790-03-15