Dorr v. Beck
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from judgment on report of referee. Action by S. Hobart Dorr against August Beck, as sheriff of Erie county, Frank S. Hubbard, and Charles Hubbard. There was a judgment in favor of plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtBradley, J.
The defendant Beck, as sheriff, by virtue of an execution issued upon a judgment in favor of the other defendants against one Charles Skinner, levied upon the goods in question, and afterwards sold them at the instance of the other defendants. The property consisted of a. stock of goods and fixtures in a drug store, at the time of the levy in the possession of the plaintiff, who was engaged in the business of selling the goods at retail. Skinner, having been the former owner, had carried on the business there until two days before the levy was made. He then sold out to the plaintiff. The…
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