Fowlds against Mackintosh
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of Common Pleas |
| Judgment Date | 25 May 1789 |
| Date | 25 May 1789 |
English Reports Citation: 126 E.R. 135
IN THE COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS AND EXCHEQUER CHAMBER
fowlds against mackintosh. Monday, May 25th, 1789. The Court will not discharge an attachment against the sheriff for not bringing in the body, except upon payment of the whole debt due and costs, beyond the sum sworn to and indorsed on the writ (a). The defendant being arrested on a capias for " 501. and upwards," found bail, who joined with him in the usual bond in the penalty of 1001. No bail above being put in, an attachment was granted against the Sheriff of Middlesex, for not bringing in the body pursuant to a rule of Court. Upon which a rule was obtained to shew cause why the attachment should not be set aside on the payment of 501. 19s. together with costs; it appearing from the affidavit of the sheriff's officer, that he had tendered that sum and the costs to the attorney for the plaintiff who refused to take less than 681. 2s. 6d. the real amount of the debt. Against the rule Marshall, Serjt., shewed cause. The question is, to what extent the sheriff is answerable for not bringing in the body ? This must be the same as that to which bail are answerable. Before the stat. 23 Hen. 6, c. 9, the sheriff was not bound to take bail, unless the party sued out a writ of main-prize. He might iudeed have taken bail, but he was obliged at his peril to produce the body at the return of the writ; otherwise he was guilty of a contempt, for which he was amerced. Since that...
Get this document and AI-powered insights with a free trial of vLex and Vincent AI
Get Started for FreeStart Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant
-
Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database
-
Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength
-
Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities
-
Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting
Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant
-
Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database
-
Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength
-
Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities
-
Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting
Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant
-
Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database
-
Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength
-
Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities
-
Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting
Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant
-
Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database
-
Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength
-
Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities
-
Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting
Start Your Free Trial of vLex and Vincent AI, Your Precision-Engineered Legal Assistant
-
Access comprehensive legal content with no limitations across vLex's unparalleled global legal database
-
Build stronger arguments with verified citations and CERT citator that tracks case history and precedential strength
-
Transform your legal research from hours to minutes with Vincent AI's intelligent search and analysis capabilities
-
Elevate your practice by focusing your expertise where it matters most while Vincent handles the heavy lifting
Start Your Free Trial
-
Welkom Bottling Co (Pty) Ltd en 'n Ander v Belfast Mineral Waters (OFS) (Pty) Ltd
...nie. Steyn, Uitleg van Wette, 3de uitg., bl. 193 - 8; Middelburg Municipality v Gertzen, 1914 AD 544 te bl. 552; R v Dickson, 1934 AD 231 te bl. 233. Indien 'n regulasie binne die raamwerk van 'n uitdruklik verleende bevoegdheid H val, is dit nie aanvegbaar op grond van onredelikheid nie. F......
-
Van Aswegen v Fourie
...1957 (2) SA 87 (T) op bl. 94; van der Walt v Minnaar, 1954 (3) SA 932 (O) op bl. 939 en 940; Allers v Rautenbach, 1949 (4) SA 226 (O) H op bl. 233), en dat die beweerde mondelinge ooreenkoms nie op 'n oorwig van waarskynlikhede bevind kon word nie. Ek dink nie dat die REGTER-PRESIDENT bedoe......
-
Gruhn v M Pupkewitz & Sons (Pty) Ltd
...& Van den Berg Construction (Pty.) Ltd. v Banfrevan Properties (Pty.) Ltd., 1968 (1) SA op bl. 327H; Herbstein & Van Winsen, 1954 uitg., bl. 233; 2de uitg., bl. 296; Jones & Buckle, Civil Practice, 6de uitg., bl. 510. Die dagvaarding is juis mededeelsaam met inligting nie. Sien L.S. Enterpr......
-
Smit v Saipem
...in sy eie reg kon eis nie en eers sessie van die verkoper se vorderingsreg moes verkry het. Die geleerde REGTER - PRESIDENT het o.m. gesê (bl. 233): "It is no doubt the duty of the vendor to cede these actions to the purchaser, but until this is done the latter will have no locus standi and......
