Winchester & Partridge Manufacturing Co. v. Creary
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS. This suit was brought by plaintiff in error as plaintiff below against an officer who. had seized, on a writ of attachment against Hayner & Co., property sold and delivered by them to plaintiff. The facts which make the case are stated .in the. opinion of the court. Judgment below for defendant. Plaintiff .sued out this writ of error to review it.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The Winchester and Partridge Manufacturing Company, a Wisconsin corporation, brought this action to recover damages for the seizure and sale under an attachment suéd put, on the 30th day of March, 1882, by J. É. Hayner & Co., against the property of John A. Webb & Co., of certain goods, wares, and merchandise, constituting a stock in trade; of which property* the plaintiff claims to have been, at the time the attachment was issued and levied, the owner by purchase from the defendants in the attachment suit. The seizure and sale were made by direction of Hayner &. Co., who, prior to the levy,…
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