Case Name: Treat v. Carrington
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1792-01
Citations: 1 Root 356
Docket Number: 
Parties: Treat v. Carrington.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 356–356

Head Matter:
Treat v. Carrington.
An indifferent person to whom a writ is directed to serve, may-give bond for prosecution.
Tbe value of public securities payable.on demand, set at tbe time of tbe contract.
Action on note dated October A. D. 1790, for £304 3s. 5d., payable in state securities on'demand, by writ of attachment, directed to Joseph Platt, jr. an indifferent person to- serve and return, etc. on which writ of attachment said Platt gave bond for the plaintiff, and served said writ. Plea in abatement — That said Platt gave bond on said attachment and so not an indifferent person. Demurrer.

Opinion:
Judgment — That the plea is insufficient. See Curtice v. Scovel, New London September 1790. The case was after-wards defaulted and damages given for the value of the securities, at the time of the contract, as the note was payable on demand.