Graden v. Turner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

The appellants were co-partners, and were lawfully in the possession of a certain lot of saw-logs, when the respondent, as constable, and by virtue of executions against the property of one of the appellants, Adolph Plate, a member of said firm, levied upon all of Plate’s interest in said sawlogs and took them into his possession for the purpose of selling said interest to satisfy the executions which he held. After the taking, appellants demanded the return of the logs from respondent, which, being refused, they brought this action of claim…