Case Name: Hathaway v. Gillet
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1791-02
Citations: 1 Root 258
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hathaway v. Gillet.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 258–258

Head Matter:
HARTFORD COUNTY,
FEBRUARY TERM, A. D. 1791.
Hathaway v. Gillet.
A deputy sheriff cannot be bail, officer, and attorney in a cause.
EeeoR to reverse the judgment of a justice given upon default, in an action upon a note, brought by Gillet v. Hathaway; declaring, that Oliver Hanchet was a deputy sheriff; that he gave bond for the plaintiff at praying out said writ; that he was the officer who served said writ; and that he appeared before said justice as attorney to the plaintiff, and obtained said judgment by default.
Error assigned —- That a deputy sheriff may not be bail, officer and attorney in the same suit.

Opinion:
Judgment — Manifest error. Eor the statute expressly prohibits a deputy sheriff's appearing as an attorney in a cause in any court.