¶1took time, during the vacation, to consider the case, and, at.the next term, rendered judgment upon the demurrer, for the plaintiffs; and the plaintiffs executed a writ of inquiry, and the jury assessed their damages to the full amount of the-debts and costs for which the property had been taken in execution by the plaintiffs, who were constables.
2 D.C. 303
Wood v. Forrest
Decided April 15, 1822
Debt upon a replevin bond. The bond was in this form: “ Know all men, by these presents, that we, Richard M. Scott, trustee of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Watson, and Henry Forrest, James Watson, and J. G. Slye, of Washington county and District of Columbia, are held and firmly bound unto Bazil Wood and Henry B. Robertson,” &c. — but was éxeeuted by the last-named three obligors only, Mr. Scott not having signed or sealed it.
Decided 1822-04-15