Court Opinion

ID: 4891483
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-09-02 23:50:46.993955+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:09:39.322525
License: Public Domain

Walker, J.
The appellant in this case appeals from a judgment on a forfeited bond.
There may be some doubt as to whether the man who was served vñth process is really the same person who became security for the appearance of Boland, the principa,!.
The record, however, recites that the parties appeared by attorney. The party intended is the party who entered into the recognizance; and if there is a mistake, the judgment may be enjoined if it has gone against the wrong party. But the record does not show that the John Butledge, who appeals in this case, is not 'the person who is really bound by the recognizance ; and we think the coiu’t ruled properly, that before the appellant could introduce evidence to impeach the judgment nisi, he was bound to show by positive proof that he was the party who had been served by process. The whole record, taken together, while it shows a good and valid judgment against John Butledge, seems to raise a presumption that the man who appeared in court, in answer to the sci/re facias, may not have been the same who entered into the recognizance. Either the party himself or his attorneys may not have acted with candor before the court; but we do not see, under the circumstances, the court could have acted differently.
The bills of exception are not well taken, nor can we sustain the appellant in his assignments of error.
If, under this judgment, execution should be issued against an improper person, he may have his remedy by injunction. But a court of equity will be slow in interposing relief to a party who is guilty of an attempt at fraud, such as that of personating another in a court of justice, for the purpose of defeating the due administration of the law.
The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.
Affirmed.