Case ID: scl_19/html/0004-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Martin, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Eddy v. Smith.
    The sheriff had levied on two horses, by virtue of an execution, in this case, and kept them in his possession until the day of sale. On a rule against the sheriff to compel him to pay over the proceeds of the sale ; Held, that what was a reasonable compensation to the sheriff for keeping the horses, was a question for the presiding judge to decide; and that 21 cents per diem was a reasonable and the customary allowance.
   Per

Martin, J.

Confirming the decision of Mr. Justice Earle, at Marion, Fall Term, 1832.