Weaver v. Lawrence , 1 U.S. 379 ( 1788 )

Shippen, President.

I cannot perceive anything in the act of Assembly which precludes the Sheriff from holding an inquest after the return of the Fi. fa; and I have always understood it to be the practice to do so. The present inquisition, being quashed for irregularity, becomes a nullity, and leaves the case just as if none had been taken.