Broughton v. Branch Bank

Citations

• 17 Ala. 828

Syllabus

<p>1. A penalty given by statute, although incurred before, cannot be recovered after the repeal of the statute, unless provision is made in the repealing act saving the right to do so.</p> <p>2. The act of 1819, so far as it imposes a penalty on sheriffs for failing to return executions placed in their hands, is repealed by the act of the 3d March 1848, and the penalty imposed by the former act, though incurred before its repeal, can no longer be recovered.</p>