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10 N.J.L. 225

State v. Hamilton

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided September 15, 1828

Supreme Court of New Jersey · decided 1828-09-15

A judgment by default having been obtained in this court, in May term last, on a sheriff’s bond, against the late sheriff of Sussex, and his sureties— W. Halsted now moved for leave to assess, as damages under that judgment, the amount of several amercements obtained against the late sheriff in the Court of Common Pleas of the county of Sussex, and in the Supreme Court; and offered to road a copy of a notice of this motion, which had been duly served upon the late sheriff…

Decided 1828-09-15

Ch. Justice.

¶1As to the notice it was properly given by the attorney, J. S. Halsted. It was not necessary to be given by the attorney in the original suit. The parties interested may employ the same or a different attorney to move for an assessment upon the sheriff’s bond.

¶2The notice was also properly given to the sheriff and his sureties, and it would not have been proper to have given it to the attorney; this is a new an'd substantial proceeding after the determination of the suit- This point was decided in a case recently before us from Somerset. In Flommerfelt v. Zellers, 2 Halst. 31, an application was made for an attachment against a person who disobeyed a rule to stay waste. The notice was given to the party, against which an objection was raised, but the court said it had been properly given.

¶3As to the assignment of breaches upon the record, it is the uniform practice to assess the damages in this way. No instance can be found of an assignment of breaches upon sheriff’s bond.'

¶4*227Ford, J. As to the assignment of breaches, it appears to me that the breaches have been sufficiently assigned by the notice given to the defendant and his sureties.

¶5Assessment ordered.

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