Campbell v. Klahr

The defendant Klahr secured a judgment for damages by reason of an assault committed upon him by the plaintiff. Klahr took out execution upon the judgment, which directed any proper officer to levy it upon the goods, chattels or land of the plaintiff or for want thereof upon his body. This execution was delivered to the defendant Elson, a sheriff of the city of Bridgeport. He made diligent search for property of the plaintiff but finding none was threatening to arrest the body of the plaintiff when he was restrained by a temporary injunction in this action. The trial court on the trial having…