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PUBLIC GENERAL LAW.
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Where eiecutors or administrators make oath that they have no assets
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in hand, or that the assets will not be sufficient to pay the debts of
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the deceased, justices to transmit the proceedings to the next
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county court — 1819, ch. 167, ..... .
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720
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Executors may supersede such judgment — 1820, ch. 80,
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728
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May issue execution on a supersedeas, either from their docket entry
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of the supersedeas, or a short copy from the clerk's office — 1820,
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ch. 80, ...........
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728
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One justice may take supersedeas in cases where two justices were
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before required— 1820, ch. 80, .......
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728
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Where a constable refuses to pay over money collected by him, a war-
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rant may be issued on application of the party entitled and judg-
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ment rendered against the constable — 1820, ch. 185, sec. 1, .
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741
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No supersedeas to be allowed on such judgment — 1820, ch. 185, sec. 2,
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741
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Or the constable's bond may be put in suit — 1820, ch. 185, sec. 3,
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741
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Levy courts authorized to recover any sums due their respective coun-
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ties, in the same manner as other small debts are recoverable by in-
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dividuals out of court — 1823, ch. 25, .....
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789
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In case of appeals from the judgments of magistrates, the judges of the
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county courts to decide according to the right of the cause and the
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law of the land, without regarding any defect in the proceedings
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before the magistrate — 1823, ch. 172, ......
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797
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Justices of the peace authorized to try cases of trespass quare clausum
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fregit, where the damages do not exceed fifty dollars — 1824, ch.
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138, sec. 1, ..........
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810
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Justices to possess the same powers and the same proceedings to be
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had as are given them in other cases, for the recovery of small
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debts— 1824, ch. 138, sec. 2, .......
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810
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Appeals allowed to the party thinking himself aggrieved, as in cases of
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debts of a similar amount — 1824, ch. 138, sec. 3, ...
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810
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Judgments may be superseded as in cases of debt — 1824, ch. 138, sec. 4,
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810
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The jurisdiction of the county courts taken away in the cases given
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by this act to the justices of the peace — 1824, ch. 138, sec. 5,
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811
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Where a plea of title is put in by the defendant and verified by oath or
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affirmation, justices of the peace shall take no further cognizance of
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the same— 1824, ch. 138, sec. 6, ......
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811
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The several provisions of the act of 1824, ch. 138, to extend and
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apply with equal force to this act — 1825, ch. 51, sec. 2,
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825
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Acts contrary to this act repealed — 1825, ch. 51, sec. 3, ...
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825
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Appeals authorized within sixty days — 1829, ch. 236,
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996
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Appeals to be entered or prosecuted to the next county court, or be
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taken within sixty days after judgment — 1831, ch. 290,
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1045
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In cases of supersedeas of judgments of justices of the peace, justices
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to take one or more surety or sureties in his discretion — 1834, ch.
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257, sec. 1, ..........
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1179
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Every superscdeas heretofore taken with one surety declared valid —
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1834, ch. 257, sec. 2, ........
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1179
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To have jurisdiction over all casee where the debt and damages shall
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not exceed fifty dollars, except in actions of slander, assault and
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