Williams v. Lerch
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment for plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, in the Fifth District Court, County of Stanislaus. Booker, J. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
McKee, J.:
This was an action to recover damages for the taking and detention of certain horses described in the complaint. The horses were taken by the defendant, in March, 1878, by and under an execution, which had been issued upon a judgment in favor of one Ulloa against one F. Sotcher, and came into the hands of the defendant, as a constable of Stanislaus County.
Sotcher, the execution debtor, was, on the 18th day of October, 1877; the owner of the horses, and on that day sold them *332to the plaintiff in this action; but it is claimed that the sale was simulated, fraudulent, and void, and made…
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