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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32

Judgment

Judgment.

Occasionally the magistrate may refuse to give time, and sometimes when indulgence is given the debtor abuses it, and the creditor loses his money. There may be many cases in which time would be an advantage to all parties, and instances may not unfrequently occur in which a defendant has a friend who may become surety, but to whom it may be inconvenient to advance the money at once. In Wisconsin execution on a judgment given in a lower Court can be stayed on security being given for the amount of the judgment. In Indiana, on giving sufficient freehold security, execution on any judgment, except for debts for breach of trust, may be stayed. A similar law prevails in other States. The period during which execution is stayed is fixed, and is proportioned to the amount of the debt

Although our Contractors' Debts Act, 1871, facilitates in many instances the recovery of wages due to