Middle States Oil Corp. v. Tanner-Jones Drilling Co.

This is an action in conversion, begun by tbe plaintiff against tbe Tanner-Jones Drilling Company, hereafter called the defendant, the sheriff of Big Horn county, and the sheriff’s bondsman, to recover tbe sum of $25,000, tbe alleged value of casing seized and disposed of by the sheriff at the direction of the defendant.

The” complaint was filed March 14, 1924. On April 3 the sheriff and his bondsman by their counsel, Mr. Haven, demanded of the plaintiff, a foreign corporation, security for costs under the provisions of section 9807, Revised Codes of 1921. What further action in the case these…