Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Norris v. Mersereau

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 24, 1889PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Error to Schoolcraft. (Steere, J.) Debtj on sheriff’s bond. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.

This suit was brought on the sheriff’s bond of John McOanna, sheriff of Schoolcraft county, for misconduct in office to the injury of the plaintiffs by seizing and converting their property under an attachment against one William E. Smith. The declaration showed that suit had been brought and damages recovered against McOanna as such sheriff, for the wrong, in the circuit court of the Dnited States for the Western district of Michigan, upon which an execution issued was returned unsatisfied for want of property to be found.

Upon the trial below reliance was had upon this judgment, and the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lammon v. FeusierSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. People Ex Rel. Kellogg v. SchuylerNew York Court of Appeals · 1850
  3. People ex rel. Doran v. ButlerMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Pico v. WebsterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1859
  5. Taylor v. ParkerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Johnson v. Williams' Admr.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1901
  2. American Guaranty Co. v. McNieceOhio Supreme Court · 1924
  3. P R Post Corp. v. Maryland Casualty Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Becker v. KozaDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1971
  5. Beauchaine v. McKinnonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893

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