Case Name: Darius Chipman, Reviewer, against James Sawyer, Sheriff of Chittenden County, Reviewee
Court: Vermont Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Decision Date: 1802-07
Citations: 2 Tyl. 61
Docket Number: 
Parties: Darius Chipman, Reviewer, against James Sawyer, Sheriff of Chittenden County, Reviewee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tyler
Volume: 2
Pages: 61–61

Head Matter:
Darius Chipman, Reviewer, against James Sawyer, Sheriff of Chittenden County, Reviewee.
Vide ante, vol. 1. p. 83.
The nominal plaintiff in ejectment cannot maintain an action against a sheriff for an escape of a defendant committed in his name for the damages and costs recovered in the action of ejectment. A sheriff, as keeper of the prison to which is committed a debtor from another County, is not liable for the negligent escape of such debtor.
Israel Smith and Daniel Chipman, for plaintiff.
Chauncey Langdon and John Cook, for defendant.

Opinion:
• DEBT on escape, claration. Special demurrer to the de-
The demurrer was again argue at this term, and the Court confirmed the opinion of the late Judges by decisions, that nominal plaintiff in ejectment cannot maintain an action against a sheriff for an escape of a defendant committed in his name for the damages and costs recovered in the action of ejectment; and that a sheriff, as keeper of the prison to which is committed a debtor from another County, is not liable for the negligent escape of such debtor.
Judgment for defendant.