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by the record and proceedings of said court, remaining in said court, will more fully appear. And the plaintiff further avers, that afterwards, to wit, on [&c., date of execution] at said county, a writ of execution, commonly called a fieri et levari facias, sealed with the seal of said court, and tested by the clerk thereof, was duly issued by and from said court upon said judgment, and which said writ afterwards, to wit, on [&c.] there came into the hands of the sheriff of [&c.] to be executed, [and which said writ in the name of the State of Ohio commanded [&c., Here recite the writ in the past tense, though it is not perhaps necessary.] and such proceedings were had upon and under said writ of execution by said sheriff, that at the return term thereof, to wit, on the first day of the term, 18-, of said Court, he returned said writ, and made his return thereupon to the effect following, to wit, [here copy the whole return, (d)] whereby it appears, that sufficient goods and chattels or real estate of the said E. F. whereon to make the amount of the said judgment and costs in said execution could not be found in the said county. [And the plaintiff further avers, that a large amount of increase costs, to wit, dollars, have accrued and been awarded upon said judgment;] and said defendants have not (e) nor hath either of them paid the said costs and damages aforesaid awarded against the said E. F., or any part of either of them.

Second Count: Also, for that, whereas, heretofore, to wit, on [date of writ of replevin] at [&c.], the said E. F, caused to be issued out of the clerk's office of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, a certain writ of replevin, directed to the sheriff of said county, sealed with the seal of said court, and tested by their clerk, by which said writ the State of Ohio commanded said sheriff that without delay he cause to be replevied certain goods and chattels in said writ described, which said A. B. wrongfully detained as was said, and also to summon the said A. B. to appear at the next term of the Court of Common Pleas to be held within and for the said county of to answer unto the said E. F. for the unlawful detention of the goods and chattels aforesaid: damages dollars, and to have then there the said writ; and which said writ, before the making of the writing obligatory hereinafter mentioned, and before the return day of the said writ, to wit, on [&c.] at [&c.], was delivered to the sheriff of said county in due form of law to be executed; and the said sheriff then and there under and by virtue of said writ seized and took into his possession the said goods and chattels in said writ described, [according to the facts,]; (g) and thereupon the said sheriff according to the statute in such case

(d) The statute requires that the execution should be returned "that sufficient goods and chattels and chattels or real estate whereon to levy and make the amount of the judgment and costs, cannot be found in the county. Stat. 786, § 8.

(e) The declaration is not double because it alleges that the defendant did not prosecute his suit to effect, and hath not paid the judgment, &c.

See 3 M. & S. 180; Eng. C L. Rep. 36; 2 Saund. Pl. & Ev. Am. ed. 290. And it seems not prosecuting the suit with final success and judg ment accordingly is a breach of the condition to prosecute to effect. 11 Eng. C. L. Rep. 230.

(g) The allegation of the appraisement is not usually inserted. See 2 Chit. Pl. 8 Am. ed. 457 n. (s).

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made and provided, did take from the said E. F., with the said C. D. and G. H, as two responsible freeholders of the said county and sureties, a certain other bond, in double the value of said goods and chattels so seized and taken as aforesaid; and the said defendants, to wit, on the said [&c.] at [&c.], by their said last mentioned certain writing obligatory, sealed with their respective seals, and now to the court here shown, jointly and severally acknowledged themselves to be held and bound unto the said A. B. in the sum of ——— dollars, to be paid to the said A. B., which said writing obligatory was and is subject to a certain condition thereunder written, whereby, after reciting to the effect following, that whereas, [Here set out the recitals and condition and profert, as in the preceding count.] And thereupon the said sheriff delivered to the said E. F. the said goods and chattels so taken and seized as aforesaid, and then and there summoned [&c., follow the form of the return]; and on the return day and at the return term of said writ of replevin, to wit, on [the first day of the term, or according to the fact] the said sheriff returned the said writ to the said court at said county according to the command thereof, and also then and there returned thereupon his said proceedings in the premises, [omit this, if the facts be not so,] and also then and there returned to said court with said writ the said bond. [Here copy the preceding count from the asterisk to the end, and add common count and breach, as ante, p. 348, 349.

14. On a Bail Bond by the Sheriff.

For that, whereas, heretofore, to wit, on [&c.] at [&c.], a certain E. F. prosecuted and caused to be issued out of the Court of Common Pleas of county, a certain writ of the State of Ohio, of capias ad respondendum, to the then sheriff of the said county directed, sealed with the seal of said court, and duly tested by the clerk thereof, by which said writ the State of Ohio commanded the said sheriff to take a certain G. H., if he should be found in his bailiwick, and him safely keep, so that he should have his body before the Court of Common Pleas of the county aforesaid, on the first day of their then next term, to answer unto the said E. F. in a plea of ——, [&c., according to the writ, and setting forth the damages, &c., as in the writ,] and that the said sheriff should have then there the said writ, and which said writ was, before the issuing thereof, as aforesaid, to wit, on [&c.,] indorsed by the clerk of said court, [Here state the indorsement of bail and amount, &c., as on the writ.] And the plaintiff further avers, that the said writ, so indorsed, &c., as aforesaid, afterwards and before the return thereof, to wit, on [&c.] at the county aforesaid, to the said A. B., then and there and continually afterwards until the return of said writ, being sheriff of the said county, was delivered in due form of law to be executed; by virtue of which said writ to the sheriff of the county aforesaid, in form aforesaid directed and delivered, the said A. B. afterwards and before the return thereof, to wit, on [&c.] within his bailiwick took and arrested the said G. H., at the county aforesaid, and the said G. H. there in his custody by virtue of the

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said writ and arrest, detained and kept until the said G. H., I. J., and K. L., afterwards and before the return of said writ, to wit, on [&c.,] at the county aforesaid, by their certain writing obligatory commonly called a bail bond, sealed with their respective seals and to the court here shown, jointly and severally acknowledged themselves to be held and firmly bound to the said A. B., being then as aforesaid sheriff of said county, by the name of A. B., sheriff of the county of in the sum of dollars, to be paid to the said sheriff, his [&c.,] with a condition to the said writing obligatory thereunder written, to the court here now shown, that if said C. D. should appear before the Court of Common Pleas of the said county of at the court-house in said county, on the first day of their then next term, or on the succeeding day, to answer to the said E. F. in a plea of [Here describe the action, damages, &c., as in the condition of the bond,] then the said obligation to be void, otherwise in full force and virtue in law. And the said A. B. in fact saith, that the said G. H. did not appear before the Court of Common Pleas of the county of — aforesaid, at the court-house in said county, on the first day of the then next term of said court, in the aforesaid condition mentioned, nor on the succeeding day of said term in the condition aforesaid mentioned, according to the form and effect of that condition, whereby the said writing obligatory became forfeit;* by reason whereof an action hath accrued to the said A. B. to demand and have of the said defendants herein the said sum of [the penalty of the bond] dollars. Yet the defendants have not, nor hath either of them paid the same or any part thereof; to the plaintff's damage dollars; and therefore he sues, &c.

15. On a Bail Bond by the Assignee.

Proceed as in the last form to the asterisk, using the name of E. F. where the name of the plaintiff to the action occurs, and then as follows:] And whereas, afterwards, to wit, on [&c.] at the county aforesaid, the said sum of money mentioned in the said writing obligatory, or any part thereof, not being paid to the said sheriff of said county, he the said sheriff, by the name of A. B., at the request of the said E. F., the plaintiff in the said suit and in this case, then and there assigned to the said plaintiff the writing obligatory aforesaid, so for the appearance of the said G. H. as aforesaid, made by indorsing the assignment of the said sheriff of the writing obligatory aforesaid on that writing obligatory, and by then and there attesting the same assignment, and the signing, sealing and delivery, under the hand and seal of the said sheriff, in the presence of two credible witnesses, according to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, as by the same assignment indorsed on the same writing obligatory to the court here shown will appear; by reason of which said premises, according to the form of the statute in that behalf made and provided, an action hath accrued to the plaintiff as assignee of the said A. B., sheriff of said county as aforesaid, to demand and have from the defend

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[the penalty of the bond] dollars. Yet the defendants have not, nor hath either of them paid the said sheriff or the plaintiff the said sum of money, or any part thereof; to the plaintiff's damage as assignee as aforesaid dollars; and therefore he sues, &c.

16. On Injunction Bond.

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The form of a declaration upon an injunction bond can be readily made out from the precedent of a declaration upon an appeal bond, ante, p. 362. Stat. 711, § 40; 482, § 27.

17. On Sheriff's Official Bond assigning as a breach an escape upon a capias ad satisfaciendum. (h)

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The State of Ohio, The State of Ohio, who prosecutes this action for the use of A. B., complains of C. D., E. F., and G. H., in a plea of debt; for that, whereas, the said C. D., at the general election in the year to wit, on the second Tuesday of October, in the said year, was duly elected sheriff in and for the county of aforesaid, for the term of two years; and afterwards, to wit, on [&c.] at [&c.],t he said C. D. received a commission, made and issued according to law, to fill said office of sheriff of said county; and afterwards and withinten days after the said C. D. received said commission, to wit, on [&c.] at [&c.], the defendants, by their certain writing obligatory, sealed with their respective seals, jointly and severally acknowledged, [&c. Here set forth the bond, its recitals and condition, as in the preceding forms.] And the said State further avers, that the Court of Common Pleas of said county was not in session at the time the said C. D. received said commission, nor at any time during the said ten days next after the said C. D. received said commission, and thereupon and at the time of the making the writing obligatory aforesaid, by the defendants, with the condition aforesaid thereunder written, to wit, on [&c.] aforesaid, at [&c.] aforesaid, the same being within ten days after the said C. D. received said commission as aforesaid, L. S. and R. W. then and there being the associate judges of the Court of Common Pleas of said county, did then and there approve of the said E. F. and G. H., as sureties of the said C. D. in the premises, and of the amount of the said writing obligatory, and thereupon the said writing obligatory, with the

(h) The above form is made up without the aid of any precedent, upon the statute pointing out the mode in which parties injured by the misconduct of officers may sue on official bonds; Stat. 162. Breaches must be assigned in the declaration, 6 Ohio Rep. 150. As to Sheriff's bonds, see Stat. 856, § 1. The pleader may be aided, but

must not rely upon this form as a precedent; and if there be any difficulty about proving the issuing of a commission or any other matter stated in the form which, if pleaded, would not bar the action a count should be added omitting such matter. The official oath of the sheriff is not mentioned in the above form, nor do I deem it necessary.

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condition aforesaid thereunder written, was delivered by the defendants to, and received by the State of Ohio, as the official bond of the said C. D., with the said E. F. and G. H., his sureties in the premises, and then and there lodged with the clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of said county. And the State of Ohio further avers, that the said A. B. afterwards, to wit, at the term of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said county, in the year by the consideration and judgment of said court, recovered against one I. K. dollars, which were adjudged to the said A. B. in and by said court, for his damages by him sustained, as well on occasion of the not performing certain promises and undertakings before then made by the said I. K. unto the said A. B., as dollars, his costs, [setting out the judgment correctly, whether in assumpsit, as above, or in debt, &c.] (i) whereof the said I. K. was convicted. And the State of Ohio further saith, that he the said A. B. for having execution of the said judgment, afterwards, to wit, on [&c.] in the year [&c.], [the teste of the capias ad satisfaciendum,] sued and prosecuted out of the court aforesaid, a certain writ called a capias ad satisfaciendum, upon the said judgment against the said 1. K. directed to the sheriff, [&c.] by which Isaid writ the State of Ohio commanded the said sheriff that he should take the said I. K., if he could be found in his bailiwick, and him safely keep, [here pursue the terms of the writ,] which said writ afterwards and before the delivery thereof to the said sheriff, to be executed as is hereafter mentioned, to wit, on [&c.] at [&c.], was duly indorsed with the exact amount of the debt, damages and costs, for which judgment was entered, &c., (j) to wit: [as on the writ.] And which said writ so indorsed as aforesaid, afterwards and before the said return thereof, to wit, on [&c., any day about the time when the writ was delivered to the sheriff,] at [&c.], was delivered to the said C. D., to be executed in due form of law; who then there and from thenceforth until the return day of said writ was sheriff of said county, and his said term of office as sheriff of two years as aforesaid, under and by virtue of his said election on the second Tuesday of October in the year continued and remained unexpired when the said writ was delivered as aforesaid to the said C. D., to be executed as aforesaid, and from thenceforth until the return of said writ; by virtue of which said writ the said C. D. so being and continuing under his said unexpired term sheriff as aforesaid, afterwards and before the said return of the said writ, to wit, on [&c.] last aforesaid, and within the bailiwick of the said sheriff, to wit, at [&c.] took and arrested the said I. K. by his body, and then and there by virtue of the said writ had and detained him in his custody, in execution for the said sum of dollars, [or, "for the

(i) There is no occasion to refer to the record by a prout patet per recordum. For where a matter of record is only insisted upon by way of inducement, and not as the very foundation of the action, the party insisting upon it need not con

clude prout patet per recordum; so that a mistake
in stating the term will not subject the plaintiff to
the consequences of a variance. 10 Eng. C. L.
Rep. 4; 2 Chit. Pl. 8 Am. ed. 417, n.
(j) Stat. 470, § 3.

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