Case Name: Purcell v. Richardson
Court: Superior Court of Chancery of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1808-09
Citations: 4 Hen. & M. 404
Docket Number: 
Parties: Purcell v. Richardson.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 930–930

Head Matter:
Purcell v. Richardson.
September Term, 1808.
Executions. — An execution directed to the sheriff: of -may be executed by the Serjeant of a corporate town.
In this case, the defendant had issued an execution against the body of the plaintiff, upon a decree of this Court, directed to the sheriff of-, and it was duly returned executed by the serjeant of the city of Richmond. And now Mr. Warden, on behalf of the plaintiff, moved to quash the execution and the return, because the execution was executed by an officer to whom it was not directed.

Opinion:
*By the Chancellor.
The law is, that an execution, writ, or other process, appearing to be duly served in other respects, shall be deemed good, although it be not directed to any sheriff, which seems to be a provision for the very case before the Court. But if it is not, it is the same thing as to Purcell, and he should not complain.
Motion denied.