Case Name: Jane Brown v. Edward Wood
Court: North Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1830-03
Citations: 1 Bail. 457
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jane Brown v. Edward Wood.
Judges: Johnson, J. and Richardson, J. concurred.
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 457–457

Head Matter:
Jane Brown v. Edward Wood.
Charleston,
March 1830.
Trespass will not lie against a constable for taking the plaintiff’s goods, under an execution against him, sued out a upon judgment in a Magistrate’s Court,unless there is some irregularity apparent on the face of the proceedings. Evidence that the judgment was obtained by a fraud, to which the constable was a party, is inadmissible; nor will it vary the case, that the judgment was subsequently vacated for the fraud. The plaintiff’s remedy is by spe-eial action on the case, vide Me Hugh ». Pundt, ante, p. 441.

Opinion:
Per
Colcock, J.
affirming the judgment of Mr. Justice Bay, at Charleston, October Term, 1829.
Johnson, J. and Richardson, J. concurred.