FREEMAN v. RUSTON


4 U.S. 214 (____)

4 Dall. 214

Freeman versus Ruston.

Supreme Court of United States.


By the COURT:

The case appears so clear to us, that we do not wish another moment for consideration. The law is settled in England, that a ca. sa. operates as a satisfaction of the debt; as an extinguishment of the lien of the judgment. We have no other rule prescribed to us in Pennsylvania; nor can we conceive that there would be any policy, or justice; in departing from it. Ruston was in actual custody, upon Coates's ca....

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