Pollock v. Ingram

Citations

• 6 Pa. Super. 556
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 196

Syllabus

<p>Public officers — Constable's liability for false return — Act ofllTi.</p> <p>Where a constable, after he had a sufficient levy and had accepted a sufficient bond of indemnity, abandons his levy and returns his writ, he is neither justified by his writ nor protected by the Act of March 21, 1772, 1 Sm. L. 361. The object of the sixth section of the act of 1772 was to pi’otect constables and inferior officers from suffering injury for acts done strictly in obedience to their warrants, by reason of irregularity or for want of jurisdiction in the magistrate.</p>