Benson v. Berry

By the Court, Foster, J.

The action was brought to recover the value of a pipe of gin, which the plaintiff had levied upon, and which was subsequently taken by the defendants upon an attachment, and oh the removal of which, by the defendants, the cask burst and the gin was lost.

It appeared that on the 19th of March, 1863, the plain*621tiff by his deputy, Joshua G-. Osterhout, received an execution in due form for about $500, upon a judgment in favor of one Charles C. Blair, against one Robert C. Campbell, against his goods, chattels, &e., and that on the next day he levied upon the goods of…