Case Name: CHARLES S. HAVENS, Appellant, v. HARRISON GORDON and another, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1875-07
Citations: 12 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 178
Docket Number: 
Parties: CHARLES S. HAVENS, Appellant, v. HARRISON GORDON and another, Respondents.
Judges: Present— Barnard, P. J., Tappen and Taloott, JJ.
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 12
Pages: 178–178

Head Matter:
CHARLES S. HAVENS, Appellant, v. HARRISON GORDON and another, Respondents.
Bxeaution— levy by constable under — failure to indorse.
The omission of a constable to indorse upon an execution issued on a judgment recovered in a Justice’s Oourt, a levy made under it, is not fatal to the levy. The statute (8 B. S. [5th ed.], 448) is directory merely.
Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Suffolk county, reversing a judgment in favor of the plaintiff, recovered in the Justice’s Court.
Wm. 'Wickham, for appellant. J. H. Tuthill, for respondents.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Barnard, P. J.
Present— Barnard, P. J., Tappen and Taloott, JJ.
Judgment of County Court reversed and that of justice affirmed, with costs.