Adams v. Dempsey
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Kennan, J., entered March 6, 1903, in favor of plaintiff, upon setting aside the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendants, after a trial on the merits.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, C. J.
This action was begun in June, 1898, by the respondent, J. F. Adams, to recover from the appellant O. C. Dempsey, who was the sheriff of Spokane county, and his co-appellants, who were sureties on his official bond, the value of a stock of groceries and of *81certain store fixtures, which, it was alleged, the respondent Dempsey, as sheriff of Spokane county, had wrongfully seized and sold. The record discloses that, some time prior to the date above mentioned, the respondent had been engaged in the grocery business, in the city of Spokane, and had sold such business to his brother, one Harry C.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Adams v. DempseyWashington Supreme Court · 1900
- Adams v. DempseyWashington Supreme Court · 1902
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