O'Hare v. Duckworth

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J. —

This was an action by Hugh O’Hare against D. M. Duckworth, sheriff of Mason county, Washington, for damages for taking and detaining certain property which had been levied upon and sold by said sheriff by virtue of a writ of attachment in an action wherein S. J. Holland & Co. were plaintiffs, and one Pat O’Hare, defendant. The property was levied upon as the property of the said Pat O’Hare. Hugh O’Hare claimed to have bought the property of Pat O’Hare prior to the levy, and the defendant claimed that said alleged sale was fraudulent and…