Case Name: Edmund Train vs. Lewis T. Herrick & Trustee
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1855-10
Citations: 4 Gray 534
Docket Number: 
Parties: Edmund Train vs. Lewis T. Herrick & Trustee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 70
Pages: 534–535

Head Matter:
Edmund Train vs. Lewis T. Herrick & Trustee.
T¿e warden of the state prison cannot, after another warden has been appointed in his place, be charged in foreign attachment for the salary of an inferior officer of the prison, which was in his hands when the process was served upon him.
Jefferson Bancroft, summoned as trustee, in his answer disclosed that he had in his hands as a public officer, to wit, as warden of the state prison, a sum of money due to the defendant, for his salary as an officer of the prison. On this answer, the court of common pleas discharged the trustee, and the plaintiff appealed. Pending the appeal, Bancroft was removed, and David S. Jones appointed warden.
M. G. Cobb, for the plaintiff,
cited Rev. Sts. c. 109, §§ 4, 30; c. 144, §§ 5, 19 ; Chealy v. Brewer, 7 Mass. 261; Commonwealth v. Phœnix Bank, 11 Met. 137.
J Q. A. Griffin, for the trustee.

Opinion:
Thomas, J.
It appearing that another person has been appointed warden of the state prison, in the place of the alleged trustee, it is quite clear that he cannot be charged. The suit must proceed, if at all, against his successor. Rev. Sts. c. 144, 19.
Trustee discharged