12 Wend. 74 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1834
By the Court,
The only question is whether it was necessary for the plaintiff to produce the judgments to support the executions under which he purchased ? The cases referred to show, that in trespass against an officer for taking goods in execution, brought by the defendant in such execution, the officer need not prove a judgment; but in trespass by a stranger he must. 1 Ld. Raym. 733. 6 Johns. R. 196. 5 Burr. 2633. In Doe v. Smith, 2 Starkie’s N. P. Cas. 175, it was held in ejectment that a lessor who purchases at sheriff’s sale upon judgment and execution in his own favor, must show the judgment as well as the execution. And in Glasin v. Eve, 8 Com. Law R. 298, it was decided that
Motion to set aside nonsuit denied.