Garn v. Thorwaldson

The defendant, Thorwaldson, as sheriff of Fresno County, sold a quantity of oil-well casing, after third-party claim duly made on him by the plaintiff here, under execution issued out -of the superior court of that county, on a judgment in favor of one J. W. Moore, plaintiff, and against J. M. Hendrickson et al., as trustees to settle the affairs of the Blair Oil Company, after charter forfeited, defendants. The plaintiff here brought this action against the sheriff, and the other defendant, the surety on his official bond, for damages for the conversion. Judgment went for the plaintiffs, and…