Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Nave v. Hawkins

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1881No. 8414PublishedCited by 10 opinions

From the Hendricks Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtElliott, C. J.

The appellant’s complaint charges the appellee Hawkins with having broken the condition of the ■official bond executed by him as sheriff of Hendricks county. Two breaches are assigned. The first is, that the appellee Hawkins negligently failed to levy an execution issued upon a judgment obtained by the relator against one Mahoney; the second that the sheriff, although so directed, refused to *487levy the execution upon personal property and wrongfully levied it upon real estate encumbered for more than its value.

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wilson v. PeelleIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Rhode v. GreenIndiana Supreme Court · 1866
  3. Foot v. GloverIndiana Supreme Court · 1837
  4. Miles v. WingateIndiana Supreme Court · 1855
  5. Coats v. GregoryIndiana Supreme Court · 1858

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Hilton v. MasonIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  2. McLaughlin v. ReichenbachSupreme Court of Colorado · 1912
  3. In Re Estate of MyersOregon Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Swope v. PaulIndiana Court of Appeals · 1892
  5. Clem v. MeseroleSupreme Court of Florida · 1902

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