17 Ala. 828 | Ala. | 1850
This was a motion against Broughton, as sheriff of Monroe, and his securities, made under the act of 1819, to recover the amount of an execution, issued from the Circuit Court of Mobile, in favor of the Bank, against Samuel Bussey and others, which, it is alleged, the Sheriff failed to return within the time prescribed by law. An issue of fact was made up and submitted to a jury, who returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, upon which the court rendered judgment against the defendants for the amount of the execution and in