Hughbanks Incorporated v. Gourley

Plaintiff, Hughbanks Incorporated, claiming to be the owner and entitled to the immediate possession of certain automotive machinery, instituted a claim and delivery proceeding under Rem. Rev. Stat., § 573 [P. C. § 7843], to procure the surrender thereof from defendant W. B. Severyns, sheriff of King county, who had theretofore taken the machinery from one Elmer W. Findley pursuant to a writ of attachment previously issued in a civil action for debt brought by defendant R. C. Gourley against Findley. Defendant Gourley appeared in opposition to plaintiff’s claim. Upon a summary trial by the…