Nicholson v. Dyer

March 15, 1879, Charles E. Mason sent by the American Express Company from Detroit a package of $800 consigned to the plaintiff at Alpena. The defendant was then sheriff of Alpena county and held for collection an execution from the circuit court of that county in favor of Bradford & Cady and against said Mason and one Luce for $632.82, and as the wagon of the-express messenger was in front of the postoffice in Alpena on its way to the express office the defendant discovered the package lying on the seat by the driver and immediately seized it on the execution. This was in the afternoon of…