Case Name: John Forbes against John Cartwright
Court: General Court of Maryland
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Decision Date: 1794-05
Citations: 3 Md. 217
Docket Number: 
Parties: John Forbes against John Cartwright.
Judges: 
Reporter: Maryland reports, being a series of the most important law cases argued and determined in the Provincial Court and Court of Appeals of the then province of Maryland, from the year 1700 [i.e. 1658] down to the [end of 1799]
Volume: 3
Pages: 217–217

Head Matter:
GENERAL COURT,
MAY TERM, 1794
John Forbes against John Cartwright.
THE defendant died after amerciament against the sheriff, which was final.
Key, for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
The Court
determined that ho judgment could be obtained against the sheriff on a final amerciament, if the party dies, unless judgment is actually signed; for the party may be brought in at any time before judgment is signed, though the day fixed is expired.