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13 Johns. 366

Wheeler v. Bailey

New York Supreme Court

Decided August 15, 1816

New York Supreme Court · decided 1816-08-15

M ERROR, •on certiorari tpá-jnsiffee^'-coyrt.. . The defendant in. error brought ah action jn the court below. agai»sí the plain tiff, in errpr, and declared*, for that he, the plain? tiff: below,,as constable, had,, in his cusfody, one JChaf les., Bife lings,. by virtue of two r executions, an.d the defendant, in.cqn. stderation.that the plaintiff Would' 'release and discharge' Bifr. fe^i,.and that Billings would go'fo.jypfk for.him, the 'defendant, prom ispd .the plaintiff…

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1869

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Decided 1816-08-15

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¶1. .The conduct of the constable, i{i permitting Billings to go at large, amounted to a voluntary escape, and hp had no authority to- take any security for the redelivery of Billings to him; the promise pf the defendant was, therefore, void, fjad it fieen an absolute engagement .to pay the amount of the executions, it might have altered the case; but the undertaking of; the defendant amounted only tp his becorhing security for the .redelivefy ofBillings^ into his custody, a contract which the -law would not justify his making ; and it does not appear that lie has sustained aiiy damage whatever by the non-performance on. the part of the defendant TJie judgment must, accordingly, bp rey.ers.pd,!

¶2Judgment reversed

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