Case Name: Ex parte Kennedy and Devlin
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1834-03
Citations: 4 Cranch 462
Docket Number: 
Parties: Ex parte Kennedy and Devlin.
Judges: (Thruston, J., absent,)
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 4
Pages: 462–462

Head Matter:
Ex parte Kennedy and Devlin.
An execution against two only, upon a judgment against three, without a suggestion of the death of one, is void, on its face.
The return upon the habeas corpora, was, that the prisoners were held upon writs of ca. sa. which stated the judgment to be against the prisoners and one Hugh Tierney, and required the officer to take the two prisoners only, without suggesting the death of Hugh Tierney.
Mr. Hoban and Mr. Coxe, for the prisoners. Mr. Z. C. Lee , and Mr. Dunlop, contra.

Opinion:
The Court
(Thruston, J., absent,)
discharged the prisoners, being of opinion that the execution against two only, upon a judgment against three, without a suggestion of the death of one, was void on its face. See Tidd, 1029; Bac. Ab. Exon. G. 1; 2 Evans's Harris. 115. 303.