Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court March 15, 1827 (Dennie v. Harris)

The opinion of the Court was drawn up by

Parker C. J.

The contest in this action is between a deputy of the sheriff of the county of Suffolk, who, acting under a lawful precept under the authority of the commonwealth, attached the goods, to respond a debt due from the owners, and the marshal of the United States, who, acting under a precept of the District Court, seventeen days afterwards