¶1decided that the facts clearly showed an escape, that the bond was good by the common law, although not conformed to the statute, and that it was subject to the * equitable powers of the Court. The penalty being [ *202 ] declared forfeited, the defendants prayed for a hearing in equity, and judgment was finally entered for the amount of the judgment on which the execution had issued, with interest from the date of the judgment and costs.
7 Mass. 200
Freeman v. Davis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 15, 1810
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1810-10-15
This was an action of debt on a bond executed by the defendants, and dated Sept. 29th, 1808. Davis, being a prisoner for debt, duly committed to the jail in Concord, in this county, at the suit of the plaintiff, executed the bond, with the other defendants as his sureties, to obtain the liberty of the yard ; the condition of the bond being conformable to the statute of 1784, c. 41.
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Decided 1810-10-15
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