Willey v. Backus
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Decatur District Court. Action to recover possession of a piano which had been levied upon by the defendant as sheriff, by virtue of an execution against W. T. Willey. There was a trial to the court, a finding of facts and judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtServers, J.
i. gift: deiivery of possesSion. — The material facts found by the court are: 1. That before the levy W. T. Willey sold the piano to Mrs. . F. G. Tuttle. 2. The sheriff being about to or ,. having garnished Mrs. Tattle as the supposed debtor of said Willey, she said to him thatshe. did - not wish. *402to get into a lawsuit and that he “'might levy upon the piano, and pointed the same out to him; that the sheriff' then levied on the piano as the property of F. G. Tuttle.” 3. That the plaintiff claimed the piano had before the levy been given to her by Mrs. Tuttle, but “ that at the time of the…
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