Is a sheriff entitled to costs as against the execution creditor from the time of the order to withdraw?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from A. Macdonald Co. v. Nicholson, 1915 CanLII 83 (SK QB):
Searle v. Maithews (1887) 19 Q.B.D. 77 (N.) at p. 78: Where a sheriff is ordered to withdraw he is entitled to costs as against the execution creditor from the time at which the latter authorized, the carrying on of the proceedings, that is generally from the return of the interpleader summons.
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