Legal Opinion

Woodward v. Jackson

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 21, 1892PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeal from Plymouth District Court. — Hon. C. H. Lewis and Hon. Scott M. Ladd, Judges. This is an action brought against S. B. Jackson, sheriff of Woodbury county, and the other defendants, who are sureties on his official bond. It is for the value of certain 'merchandise taken by Jackson, as sheriff, under a writ of attachment in the case of A. Louis d Co. v. J.H.

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Appeal from Plymouth District Court. — Hon. C. H. Lewis and Hon. Scott M. Ladd, Judges. This is an action brought against S. B. Jackson, sheriff of Woodbury county, and the other defendants, who are sureties on his official bond. It is for the value of certain 'merchandise taken by Jackson, as sheriff, under a writ of attachment in the case of A. Louis d Co. v. J.H. Carver & Co. The plaintiff claimed title to the goods by virtue of a chattel mortgage under which he had taken possession of the property before the attachment was levied thereon. To the third and fourth divisions of the…

1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.

The third division of the defendants’ answer pleaded the following facts as a prior adjudication, viz.: That at the same time that the defendant sheriff levied on a portion of the stock of goods under the attachment sued out in the case of A. Louis & Co. v. J. H. Carver & Co., he also levied on another portion or part of the same stock of goods in another case, pending in the same court, wherein Farwell, Miller & Co. were plaintiffs and J. H. Carver & Co. defendants. That -the writs of attachment in the two cases were *434issued at about the same time, handed to the sheriff, at the same time, and…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Stodghill v. C., B. & Q. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1880
  2. Goodenow v. LitchfieldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  3. Griffin v. SeymourSupreme Court of Iowa · 1863
  4. McDonald & Co. v. GregorySupreme Court of Iowa · 1875
  5. Hahn v. MillerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1886

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Young v. O'KEEFESupreme Court of Iowa · 1957
  2. Band v. ReinkeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1941
  3. Mitchell v. VestSupreme Court of Iowa · 1912
  4. Van Ormer v. HarleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1897
  5. Wapello State Savings Bank v. ColtonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1909

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