State ex rel. Union Machinery & Supply Co. v. Thompson

This is a contempt proceeding, instituted by the filing of an affidavit therefor in this court on October 19, 1917, from which it substantially appears that, on September 11, 1916, the Union Machinery & Supply Company, a corporation, commenced a replevin action in the superior court for Kitsap county against defendant Paul L. Thompson to recover the possession of two donkey engines claimed as the property of the plaintiff therein, the possession of which was wrongfully withheld by the defendant; that the sheriff seized the property by virtue of the writ and undertaking of the plaintiff, and…