Opinion

Brown v. Atwell

  • 31 Me. 351
Court
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Filed
Jul 1, 1850
Status
Published
Author
Tenneyorally
On the bench
Orally, Tenney
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 50.8%

The opinion

Tenney, J., orally.

The admission of the officer, who made the' service, cannot affect the judgment in the manner contended for by the defendants. This case is clearly distinguishable from those relied on in the argument. So far as *353 the record shows, the justice had jurisdiction and the judgment was properly rendered. The defendants are bound by the judgment, until it be reversed. The defendants had no rights in the wheel, except what they derived from the officer. They are his bailees, and are not permitted to invoke the illegalities of the judgment. Whether the judgment were rightful or wrongful, or there were no judgment at all, the officer is bound, to account for the property.

Exceptions overruled.

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