Case Name: Hall v. Fitch, Sheriff
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1790-01
Citations: 1 Root 151
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hall v. Fitch, Sheriff.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 151–151

Head Matter:
Hall v. Fitch, Sheriff.
A bondsman may be) relieved by an audita querela, against the debt in a judgment recovered against him, for ilie escape of a prisoner; where the original creditor’s right of action, is "barred against the sheriff, by the Statute of Limitation.
Audita Querela, praying to be relieved from a certain execution which the sheriff had against him; which was obtained upon a bond, conditioned that one Cook should abide a faithful prisoner, on the ground that the sheriff’s right of recovering the money, arose from his liability to the creditor; and that the creditor’s right of recovering against the sheriff, in this case, was extinguished and barred by law.

Opinion:
Judgment — That he he relieved as to the debt in the execution only. 1 Bac. Ab. 198; Cro. Ja. 387.