Claremont Gas Light Co. v. Wooster

The court found that Clark, on January 27, 1933, at Franklin, attached as the property of John F. Rooney Company one Hercules steam roller, on a writ of the present plaintiff against Rooney. The attachment was made under P. L., c. 332, s. 23. The officer posted a notice of attachment on the steam roller and left an attested copy at the City Clerk’s office in Franklin. He had the roller placed near the highway, where it had usually been left when not in use by Rooney on a contract of road construction for the city.

In June, 1933, the city requested Clark to permit Rooney to use the roller for…