Johnstons v. Meriwether

Walter King Cole had obtained against Thomas Johnston one of the plaintiffs, who was Sheriff of the county of Louisa, a judgment; and thereupon, an execution issued; which was served by the defendant, as Coroner, on the property of the plaintiff; who gave, for the forthcoming of the property on the da}' of sale, a bond to the Coroner himself, instead of the plaintiff, with the following condition: “The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas the said…