Case Name: Annie Hamilton, Plaintiff, v. John J. Gorman, Defendant
Court: New York Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1895-09
Citations: 14 Misc. 114
Docket Number: 
Parties: Annie Hamilton, Plaintiff, v. John J. Gorman, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 114–115

Head Matter:
Annie Hamilton, Plaintiff, v. John J. Gorman, Defendant.
(New York Common Pleas
Special Term,
September, 1895.)
An action against a sheriff Upon his liability as bail for failure to require the justification of sureties .upon a bail bond taken upon'an order of . arrest in an action for personal injuries does not abate on the death'of the defendant, and may be revived against his personal representatives.
Motion to revive action against personal representatives of defendant.
O liarles O. Sanders, for plaintiff and motion.
Archibald O. Shenstone, for Sheriff Gorman’s estate, opposed.

Opinion:
Giegerioh, J.-
This action was brought against the defendant upon his liability as bail, such liability arising from his failure to require the justification of sureties upon a bail bond given upon the. issuance of an order of arrest in an action brought by plaintiff against one Salvador Pain ella for personal injuries. In that action the plaintiff obtained judgment, and after the return of execution unsatisfied, and due demand made upon this defendant, this suit was instituted.' Defend ant having died pending the time for service of his answer, this motion is made and I am .constrained to. grant it. Unless the cause of action is one which abates by the death of the defendant the court is bound to make an order such as is here sought. Code Civ. Proc. § 757; Coit v. Campbell, 82 N. Y. 509. Under the state of facts disclosed by the complaint the sheriff is liable as bail (Code Civ. Proc. § 578, . 587); his jiosition is in all ways assimilated to that of bail (id. § 595), and his liability is to be enforced only by action. Id. § 596. No argument is required to demonstrate that the liability of bail is contractual, and that the personal representatives stand in the place of deceased bail was recognized in Meddowscroft v. Sutton, 1 Bos. & Pull. 61. The fact that the action in which the order of arrest was obtained was of a personal nature does not affect the liability of this defendant, which is predicated upon the judgment entered in that action, the rights and remedies under which are not affected by the abatable nature of the cause of action itself. Wood v. Phillips, 11 Abb. (N. S.) 1; Carr v. Rischer, 119 N. Y. 117.
Motion granted, with ten dollars costs to the plaintiff to abide the event.
Ordered accordingly.