Rice v. Carnes

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Rice v. Carnes

8 Mass. 490

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedMarch 15, 1812

StatusPublished

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Rice v. Carnes, 8 Mass. 490 (Mass. 1812).

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Opinion

Curia.

As final judgment has been rendered, in the action, the bail cannot surrender his principal in Court. If the plaintiffs neglect to sue out their execution, and obtain a return thereof, so as that their scire facias be not served upon the bail within a year from the rendition of the judgment, * the bail will be discharged of course; if execution is sued out, the bail may surrender the principal to the officer having charge of it; or he may wait the return of the scire facias, and then make the surrender in Court.

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Curia.

As final judgment has been rendered, in the action, the bail cannot surrender his principal in Court. If the plaintiffs neglect to sue out their execution, and obtain a return thereof, so as that their scire facias be not served upon the bail within a year from the rendition of the judgment, * the bail will be discharged of course; if execution is sued out, the bail may surrender the principal to the officer having charge of it; or he may wait the return of the scire facias, and then make the surrender in Court.

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8 Mass. 490, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/rice-v-carnes-mass-1812.