Case Name: Long and Another v. M'Clure and Others
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1840-06-01
Citations: 5 Blackf. 319
Docket Number: 
Parties: Long and Another v. M’Clure and Others.
Judges: 
Reporter: Blackford
Volume: 5
Pages: 319–320

Head Matter:
Long and Another v. M’Clure and Others.
The day fixed by a justice of the peace for the trial of the right of property in goods taken in execution, must be within five days after the claim to the goods is filed; and in reckoning the time, the day on which the claim was filed must be counted.
Monday, June 1.
APPEAL from the Franklin Circuit Court.
J. Ryman and G. FFolland, for the appellants.
C. B. Smith, for the appellees.

Opinion:
Blackford, J.
An execution in favour of the defendants was levied on certain goods. The plaintiffs, on the 28th of June, 1839, filed before a justice of the peace a claim to the goods. The justice fixed the 3d of July following as the day of trial of the right of property; and notice was accordingly given to the defendants. On the day so fixed for the trial, judgment was rendered against the defendants by default.
The defendants appealed, and, on their motion, the Circuit Court dismissed the suit.
In these cases, the statute requires the justice to fix the day of trial within five days after the claim is filed. R. Stat. 1838, p. 491. In reckoning the'time, the day on which the claim was filed must be counted. Ryman v. Clark, 4 Blackf. 329. The day for the trial was not, therefore, within the prescribed time, and the suit was correctly dismissed.
Per Curiam.
The judgment is affirmed with costs.