Nagle v. Clure’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “It is a fair conclusion that all requirements in respect of levies are for the sole benefit of the municipality, the judgment creditor's right to process being deferred until the town has an opportunity to make a levy, and until such time as the money would normally be available as a result of the levy, but it is strongly to be doubted whether the creditor has any standing to compel the levy, even if it were not made in the first instance. The statutory remedy that is prescribed for his benefit is the privilege which was never granted at common law, of using process to collect his judgment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Davy Engineering Co. v. Clerk of Town of Mentor