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26 Tenn. 189

Robinson v. Harrison

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1846

Tennessee Supreme Court · decided 1846-12-15

<p>An officer will not be held liable for the non-return of an execution, when his failure has been produced by the instruction or intermedling of plaintiff.</p>

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1948

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Decided 1846-12-15

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Turley, J.

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2We think that the neglect of the officer in not returning the venditioni exponas, for which he is sought to be made liable, by *190motion, was produced by plaintiff himself, and that he ought not to be permitted to obtain an advantage by it.

¶3It never has, and never ought to be held, that a sheriff, or other officer, should be made liable for the non-return of an execution, when his failure to do so, has been the result of the instruction, or intermedling of the plaintiff.

¶4Let the judgment be affirmed.

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