Legal Opinion

Crisman v. Dorsey

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided April 15, 1889PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from, Superior Court of Denver. On September 1, 1884, suit was begun by Emma P. Vonach in a justice’s court of Arapahoe county to recover from John Crisman and J. M. Tanner the sum of $145. On September 4th a writ of attachment was issued in that case and delivered to the appellee, Samuel 0. Dorsey, for execution.

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Appeal from, Superior Court of Denver. On September 1, 1884, suit was begun by Emma P. Vonach in a justice’s court of Arapahoe county to recover from John Crisman and J. M. Tanner the sum of $145. On September 4th a writ of attachment was issued in that case and delivered to the appellee, Samuel 0. Dorsey, for execution. The formal evidence of the execution of the writ is contained in the return indorsed thereon in the following language: “Executed the within writ September 4, 1884, by levying upon and taking into my possession four stacks of wheat; also by leaving a copy of this writ with…

1Opinion of the Court

Pattison, C.

The sole question presented by this record is whether the writ of attachment issued in the action brought by Emma P. Vonach against John Crisman and J. M. Tanner was sufficiently executed. To sustain the finding and judgment of the trial court the proposition -must be established that, by virtue of the attachment writ and his proceeding under it, appellee was vested with a special property in the wheat levied upon, and that it was charged with a valid and subsisting lien, subject to which the appellants acquired possession of the property. The determination of this question…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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  2. Crawford v. NewellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1867
  3. Mills v. CampSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1841
  4. Nichols v. PattenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1841
  5. Flanagan v. WoodSupreme Court of Vermont · 1860

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