Hatch v. Fowler

Fowler and Kelsey replevied from Hatch a quantity of lumber which he, as sheriff of Lapeer county, had levied upon by virtue of a writ of attachment against one Doyle. 'The levy was made at Imlay City, but tbe lumber was not removed, nor was any one left by tbe sheriff in charge of it. The sheriff duly endorsed the levy on his writ, and ■ claimed afterwards to hold the property by virtue of it, and refused to give it up on demand by plaintiff’s agent. It was conceded that the lumber belonged originally to Doyle, and bad been manufactured by bim at Burlington, some 'eighteen miles from tbe…