Borland v. O'Neal

This is an action to recover the possession of two horses levied upon by the defendant, as the Sheriff of San Joaquin County, by virtue of an attachment against the plaintiff, who claims them as exempt from levy and sale. The defendant recovered judgment, from which the plaintiff appeals.

The record shows that on the ninth day of March, 1861, the defendant, as Sheriff, levied upon the horses in question, which are described as stallions and race horses, under and by virtue of an attachment against the plaintiff; that at the time the plaintiff resided in El Dorado County, where he had several…