Owens v. Gatewood

OPINION of the Court, by

Ch. J. ’’oyi/e.

This was an action upon the case. The declaration in substance sieges, that in virtue of & fieri facias issued against the plaintiff, and directed to the sheriff of Gallatin county, the defendant, as the deputy of the sheriff of said coun-ty» took two boats, of the value ofgl30 each, and a mar» of the value of glOO, the property of the plaintiff, out of h¡g possession, and promised safely to keep the same an(l dispose thereof for the benefit of the plaintiff in sa-tisfaction of said execution. But that the defendant, not regarding his promise nor his…