Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-01
CHAPTER LV.

CHAPTER Lv.
 Aa Act in addition to "A Act extending
 the action of Replen vin.'
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House ,of Representatives, in General Assembly conyen- ed:
 SEC. l. That the writ of replevin authori- zed by the act to which this is in addition, may be in the following form: 3s-
 To the Sheriff of the county of :, or to either of the constables of the town of j, in said county-Greeting
 By authority of the State of Connecticut. you are hereby commanded, without delay, to cause to be replevied to A. B. Of certain goods and chattels. to wit:
 ldessribe Meml of the said A. B., and of the value of dollars. now in the posses sion of c. D., of at and by him, as it is said. unlawfully detained; and you are to attach to the value of
 dollars, the goods or estate of said C. D. and court, to be held at within and for the county Of ,on the Tues. day of Tor, "before the city court of the city of to be held with in and for the said city on the day of ;' or, before E. E., Esq, a jus tice of the peace for the county of
 at , in the town of :, in said county, on the day of
 at o'clock in the noon;'l then and there to answer unto the said A. B. in a plea, wherein the plaintiff complains that ever since the day of , the defend dant has unlawfully detained. and still unlaw- fully detains, the said goods and chatte,s of the plaintiff, to his damage the sum of
 dollars; and therefore he brings this suit.
 Personally appeared A. B.. plaintiff Tor. c. D., the agent of the plaintiff in this writ, at the time of issuing the same, and made oath in due form of law, before the undersS Saed au- thority, that he verify believes the plaintiff or, plaintiffs1 to be the true owner or owners1 of the property sought to be replevied by thsi writ. or that he is or, that they are entitled to the immediate possession of the same.
 E. F. as principal, and G. H. as surety jointly and scverallv recognized in the sum oi
 dollars for the payment of costs to the defendant in case the plaintiff shall not prosecute his suit to effect, and for the pay ment of all damages that shall be recovered by the defendant herein, ard for the return of the goods and chattels aforesaid to the defend. ant if the plaintiff shall fail to establish his right to the same or to the possession thereof Hereof fail not. and make return of this writ with your doings thereon according to law Dated at &c. NJ. M. Justice of tie Pace.
 SEC. 2. The recognizanee taken of issuing such writ may be made in the following form You, E. F. of as prime ipal and G. H. of as surety. acknowl- edge yourselves jointly and severally bound unto c. D. of in recognizance oI dollars, that A. B. of who has now taken out a writ of repevin agains the said c. D., shall pay to the said c. D. his costs in the suit In which the said writ is issu- ed, in case he, the said A. B., shall not prose cute the said suit to effect, and shall also pa, all damages that shall be recovered by the tsaid C. D in said suit, and shall return to the said c. D. the goods and ctattels that may be rpplevjed by virtue of the said writ, if the said A. B. shall fail to establish his right to the same or to the possession thereof.
 Taken and acknowledged at in the county of on the day o before me.
 NJ, NJ. Justice ofthe Peace. SEC. 3. If the property sought to be replevi ed be found in the possession or within tue control of the defendant, by the officer sueng the writ of replevin, such officer may, if the plaintiff so direct, attach the property of the defendant to au amount sufficient to secure the damages which the plaintiff has sustained by reason of the unlawful detention of his property by such defendant. together with the costs of suit -s.. ar a-u ---, Approved, July 9th, 1864,