Debts  created  by  statute  take  their  form  and  incidents  from
the  provisions  of  the  particular  statute  upon  which  they  are
founded:  as  debts  for  penalties  imposed  by  penal  statutes
and  made  due  and  payable  to  an  informer  or  to  a  party
grieved  (s) ;  debts  for  tolls  payable  under  statutes  (t) ;  debts
for  money  received  under  statutory  authority  for  payment
over  to  others  {u).  "  Where  an  Act  of  Parliament  creates  a
duty  or  obligation  to  pay  money,  the  money  may  be  recovered
by  action,  unless  some  provision  to  the  contrary  is  contained


(o)  See  ante,  p.  137.
[p]  Williams'  Ex.  supra;  see  Se
Smith,  L.  B.  2  Ex.  D.  47  ;  46  L,  J.
Ex.  73.
(?)  Seagram  v.  Ttick,  L.  E.  18
C.  D.  296;  SOL.  J.  C.  572.
()•)  See  Bacon,  Abr.  tit.  "Execu-
tion" (B.);  2  Blaclist.  Com.  160;
I'liderJiill  v.Deveren.r,  2  Wms.  Saund.
(s)  Girdlestone  v.  Brighton  Aqua-
rium, L.  K.  4  Ex.  D.  107  ;  48  L.  J.
Ex.  373.
m  Shepherd  v.  SiUs,  11  Ex.  55:
25  L.  J.  Ex.  6.
(m)  Lloyd  V.  Burrup,  L.  E.  4  Ex.
63;  38  L.  J.  Ex.  25.
DEBTS  BY  STATUTE.  143

in  the  Act "  («).  "  And  where  an  Act  creates  an  ohligation,  Chap.  hi.
