Case Name: M'COUN, vs. SHERIFF OF FAYETTE
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1818-11-25
Citations: 1 A.K. Marsh. 362
Docket Number: 
Parties: M’COUN, vs. SHERIFF OF FAYETTE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 362–362

Head Matter:
25 Nov. 1818.
M’COUN, vs. SHERIFF OF FAYETTE.
On a writ of error to nmrñ¿ a judgment of the Fay* ette county court.
< laiming^in iiis schedule, a debt due 10 the ■he tor should not be t0 ^-acular creditor^ of the insolvent. Tne sum-tU!ydirected to, and serv’d {.y, the sln-’fí. anent (W any) ■jUould be in he name^ of ,:>e sheriff.

Opinion:
Judge Owsley
delivered the opinion of the court.
This writ of error is brought to recover a judgment rendered against M'Coun, upon a summons issued from the clerk's office of Fayette, for M'Coun to answer and say whether he was indebted to Daniel Gibbs, an insolvent debtor, $340.
The summons having been executed, and M'Coun fail* ⅛ *° appear, after a continuance of one term, judgment was rendered against him by default, for the amount sped-fied in the summons.
The proceedings having been had under the act of this country concerning executions, (1 Littell, 549,) the clerk, no doubt, correctly issued the summons against M'Coun, w*t'30ut l^,,e'n requiring him to answer the complaint of anJ particular creditor.
And as the act no where requires a declaration to be file[^ j|ie C0Urt most clearly, upon the failure of M'Coun to aPP®ar and answer, correctly entered judgment against him for the amount contained in the summons. 1
And although, as the act directs, judgment was entered favor of the sheriff, yet as the sheriff is nowise person* ally interested in the claim against M'Coun, the gummo# was properly directed to, and served by him.
The judgment must be affirmed with cost.