Stoops v. Woods
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Tenth Judicial District, County of Yuba. The plaintiff had judgment, and the defendant appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Wallace, C. J.:
This is an action brought by Stoops against Woods, the Sheriff of the County of Yuba, to recover damages for the taking of certain personal property by the latter.
The Sheriff alleged in his defense that the goods taken were not the property of the plaintiff, but of one Ada J. Clark, and thereupon justified the taking under an execution in his hands, issued upon a judgment rendered against the said Ada and in favor of one Marcuse. “For the purpose of establishing his right to the property, for the taking of which this action was brought,” the plaintiff offered, and…
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