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14 §5003. Preservation of lien in case of prior attachment

§5003. Preservation of lien in case of prior attachment When real or personal estate is seized on execution and further service is suspended by a prior attachment thereof, such estate shall be bound by the seizure until it is set off or sold in whole or in part under the prior attachment, or until the […]

14 §5004. Removal of prior attachment

§5004. Removal of prior attachment If the prior attachment is dissolved or the estate is set off or sold in part under it, the estate or remaining part thereof continues bound for 30 days thereafter by such seizure on execution. The service of the execution may be completed within that time as if the estate […]

14 §5005. Setoff of executions

§5005. Setoff of executions When an officer has in his hands executions, wherein the creditor in one is debtor in the other in the same capacity and trust, he shall cause one execution to satisfy the other so far as it will extend. If one of such executions is in the hands of the officer, […]

14 §5006. No setoff allowed

§5006. No setoff allowed Executions shall not thus be set off against each other, when the sum due on one of them has been lawfully and in good faith assigned to another person before the creditor in the other execution became entitled to the sum due thereon; nor when there are several creditors or debtors […]

14 §4951. Executions and warrants of distress against towns

§4951. Executions and warrants of distress against towns All executions or warrants of distress against a town shall be issued against the goods and chattels of the inhabitants thereof and against the real estate situated therein, whether owned by such town or not. The officer executing them shall satisfy them by distress and sale of […]

14 §4952. Notice and incidents of sale

§4952. Notice and incidents of sale The officer shall advertise in the state paper and in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the lands lie, if any, for 3 weeks successively, the names of such proprietors as are known to him, of the lands which he proposes to sell, with the amount […]

14 §4953. Remedy of owner of property sold

§4953. Remedy of owner of property sold The owner of any real or personal estate so sold may recover against the town, in a civil action, the full value thereof with interest at the rate of 12% yearly, with costs of the action; and may prove and recover the real value thereof, whatever was the […]

14 §5001. Several executions

§5001. Several executions If goods or other property sold on execution have been attached by other creditors or seized on other executions by the same or another officer, or if, before payment of the residue to the debtor, any other writ of attachment or execution against him is delivered to the officer who made the […]

14 §5002. Notice of 2nd attachment to first attaching officer

§5002. Notice of 2nd attachment to first attaching officer If a share in a corporation or other property that may be attached without taking and keeping possession thereof is attached or taken on execution, and is subsequently attached or taken on execution by another officer, he shall give notice thereof to the officer who sells […]

14 §4801. Mode of sale

§4801. Mode of sale Current gold or silver coin may be taken on execution and paid to the creditor as money collected; and bank notes and all other evidences of debts, issued by any moneyed corporation and circulated as money, may be taken on execution and paid to the creditor at their par value if […]