5 Wend. 71 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1830
By the Court,
The law has provided guards against abuses in practice under the writ of replevin. By the revised statutes, not only a bond, with sufficient sure
The plaintiff has given security for the return of the property, and pajunent of damages and costs, if return be adjudged. He has sworn that the property is his; if he has sworn falsely he may be punished for perjury. The title to the property cannot be tried upon affidavit; nor can the defendant in replevin obtain possession of it again but in the mode pointed out by the statute. He may make his claim of property before the sheriff; if he does not succeed in that, he must await a trial upon the merits. The writs, however, cannot be set aside as irregularly issued, for they are not returned ; but they may be superseded; and a. rule for that purpose is granted, with costs.