Adams v. Dempsey

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gordon, C. J.

The plaintiff in this action held a chattel mortgage upon a stock of goods owned and in the possession of'his brother, doing business in Spokane. The defendant is sheriff of that county. The action was brought to recover damages because of wrongful attachment and sale of the goods covered by plaintiff’s mortgage. The defense was that the mortgage was in fraud of creditors of the mortgagor and consequently void. From a judgment in defendant’s favor, plaintiff appealed.

We will not review the evidence. The appellant, among other alleged…