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Carrew v. Willing, 1785 — 1 U.S. 130 · caselaw · US
Securities
Carrew v. Willing
1 U.S. 1301 Dall. 130·Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas·1785·PA
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Opinion
Carrew v. Willing.
Bail-bond.
Proceedings on a bail-bond stayed, on paying costs, &e., after a fi. fa. issued at the third term.
Oapias, to June 1784. The bail-bond sued to September 1784 ; and December 1784, judgment was signed on the bail-bond suit, nisi special bail filed in thirty days. Default was made in filing special bail, and a fi. fa. issued to June 1785.
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*And now, August 8, 1785, Sitgreaves filed defendant’s affidavit of a just defence, and obtained a rule to show cause, why the proceedings in the bail-bond suit should not be stayed, on paying costs, pleading issu-ably in the original action, taking short notice of trial, and consenting that the judgment on the bail-bond should stand as a security. He cited Birch v. Graves, Barnes’s Notes 74; Otway v. Cockayne, Ibid. 35; Seaber v. Powell, Ibid. 91; Morley v. Carr, Ibid. 112.
On the 13 th of August, Sergeant, for the plaintiff, showed cause ; but, after argument, the rule was made absolute,
Priestman v. Keyser, 4 Binn. 344; Union Bank v. Kraft, 2 S. & R. 284; McFarland v. Holmes, 5 Id. 50; Kinsey v. Kraft, 1 Bro. 250; Fitler v. Probasco, Id. 238; Bank v. Lassel, 2 Yeates 387. And see Bobysball v. Openheimer, 4 W. C. C. 388.