Case Name: Dudley Bailey versus Thompson Baxter
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1804-10
Citations: 1 Will. 117
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dudley Bailey versus Thompson Baxter.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 117–117

Head Matter:
Dudley Bailey versus Thompson Baxter.
Practice. — Supersedeas to execution on granting a writ of error, on bond being given to the adverse party.
Dunbar moved for a writ of error, on a judgment recovered by Baxter against Bailey at the Court of Common Pleas in this county, rendered on the report of referees, for a considerable sum in costs beyond what was authorized by the award; on which judgment an execution had been issued, and was in the hands of the sheriff.

Opinion:
The Court (Strong, Sedgwick, and Sewall, justices) granted the writ of error, and a supersedeas to the execution, Bailey giving bond, with sureties, to the adverse party, to respond all damages and costs in case the judgment should be affirmed.