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1 Wend. 551

Visger v. Ward

New York Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1828

New York Supreme Court · decided 1828-10-15

This was an action of false imprisonment, tried at the Herkimer circuit in September, 1827, before the Hon. Nathan Williams, one of the circuit judges. The defendant, a constable of the county of Herkimer, arrested the plaintiff on an execution issued on a justice’s judgment, rendered against him for $6,33.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 1850

2 state decisions

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Decided 1828-10-15

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¶1By the Court,

Sutherland, J,

¶2The case of Wickham v. Miller, (12 Johns. R. 320,) decides that a justice may renew an execution, without a return of nulla bona having been actually endorsed upon it; the fact may be made to appear to the justice in some other way ; and the endorsement of a renewal is conclusive evidence against the constable, of such representation having been made.

¶3The execution in this case, however, was twice renewed. The first renewal was between three and four months after its delivery to the constable, and the second renewal was more than three months after the first. These renewals were both with the consent of the plaintiff; and the question is, wheth*553er they kept the execution alive, so that it could be enforced against the person of the defendant, no property having been found. It is contended, on the part of the defendant, that the execution not having been renewed within the 30 days, ceased to be a process which could be enforced ; that its force was spent, and that a new execution should have been issued, instead of renewing the old. I perceive no objection to the renewal of an execution after the return day has elapsed. The statute, (Statutes, vol. 6, c. 286,) provides that it may be renewed from time to lime, clearly intending that it might be kept alive as long as the plaintiff supposed there was any probability of finding any property to satisfy it; and it must be entirely indifferent to the defendant, whether his property or his person is taken upon a renewed or original execution.

¶4It was not necessary that the constable should have the execution in his pocket at the time of the arrest of the defend» ant. He had it under his control.

¶5New trial denied.

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