Hayward Lumber & Investment Co. v. Biscailuz

Plaintiff appeals from an adverse judgment, rendered by the court sitting without a jury, in its action to recover from defendant sheriff of Los Angeles County, two of his deputies,1 and the sureties upon their respective bonds, a sum of money which plaintiff claims to have lost by reason of an alleged breach of duty by the defendant officers acting in their official capacity.

Plaintiff contends that the sheriff, acting through his deputies, wrongfully ordered the Bank of America, hereinafter referred to as the bank, to release from attachment certain funds held by the bank, and that the bank…