1 Cai. Cas. 515 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1804
In Brantingham's .Case we certainly did depart from the English practice. "We there allowed, on a rule to show cause, the being charged in execu[*517] tian subsequent *to notice of the application, to be shown as a reason for denying the supersedeas. The court proceeded there on the idea, that the statute gave the plaintiff a right of election to have execution against the body, or the goods; and that he was not obliged to manifest this election till called on.
Motion granted, without costs.
See Manhattan Co. v. Smith ante, p. 67,