13 Johns. 158
Decided January 15, 1816
New York Supreme Court · decided 1816-01-15
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Decided 1816-01-15
Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently February 1884
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¶1- /The attorney'might ha-ve altered the, test a nd .return of a writ before it had been served; and the sheriff was fully authorized, by. the attorney, to -make the alteration in case it should be-necessary. .vWe think.the-'sheriff, in this'case, had not proceeded so far hut that he might exercise the power,•given* to 'him/by- the attorney, and that the motion, therefore, fought to he-denied.
¶2Motion-denied.