18 Johns. 5
Decided May 15, 1820
New York Supreme Court · decided 1820-05-15
THE plaintiff recovered a judgment against the defendant, in August, 1804, on which a test. ji. fa. was issued, and returned in part satisfied. A test. cap. ad sat. was thereupon issued, on which the defendant was imprisoned from 1805 to June, 1808, when, on application to the Court of Common Pleas, he was. discharged from imprisonment, pursuant to “ the act for the relief of debtors with respect to the imprisonment of their persons.” (1 JY.
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 1836
2 state decisions
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Decided 1820-05-15
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¶1The Court, in October term, when they allowed the defendant his audita querela, decided that it should not operate as a supersedeas to the execution. We did not mean to set aside or stay the execution. This is a re*7newal of the same application, nied. The motion must be eta
¶2Motion denied.