A Book of Forms; With Occasional Notes

by Royall Tyler

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1845 ...be accounted for by the officer in the same manner as if taken by a common execution against the said A. B., whereof the plaintiff may have execution. L. W., Justice of the Peace. 5. In case the Trustee has in his possession property of the defendant pledged to-him for the payment of a debt. And E. F. of in the County of, who was summoned by the same writ as trustee of the said A. B. the principal defendant, comes and makes disclosure if in writing say, "in writing as per disclosure on Jile," and submits himself to further examination on oath. Whereupon, it is adjudged by said Justice that the said E. F. is trustee of the said A. B. for one yoke of bright red Oxen, six years old, pledged to the said E. F. for the payment of a certain note of the said A. B. payable to the said E. F., dated, on which there is now due Dollars, and it is ordered and adjudged that the said E. F. deliver the said yoke of Oxen to any officer who shall hold the plaintiff's execution against the said A. B., on being paid the said sum of Dol lars, and the accruing interest on said debt, and Dollars, his just costs in this suit; and the said Oxen to be sold and the proceeds thereof, after paying the said sum so paid to the said E. F., to be accounted for by the officer in the same manner as if taken by a common execution against the said A. B., whereof the plaintiff may have execution. L. W., Justice of the Peace. 6. In case the Trustee is discharged. And E. F. of in the County of who was summoned in the same writ as trustee of the said A. B. the principal defendant, comes and makes disclosure, and if in writing say, "in writing, as per disclosure onfile," and submits himself to further examination on oath. Whereupon it is adjudged by said Justice that the said E. ...

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Published January 1, 2012

About the author

Royall Tyler (1757-1826) was an American jurist and playwright who wrote The Contrast in 1787 and published The Algerine Captive in 1797. He also wrote several legal tracts, six plays, a musical drama, two long poems, a semifictional travel narrative, The Yankey in London (1809), and essays. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, he attended the Boston Latin School and then Harvard, where he earned a reputation as a quick-witted joker. After graduation, he joined the Continental Army. In late 1778, he returned to Harvard to study law, and was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1780. He opened a practice in Braintree, Massachusetts. In 1801, he was appointed to the Supreme Court of Vermont as an assistant judge, and was later elected chief justice.

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