Long Bell Lumber Co. v. Gaston

There is a motion in this case to dismiss the appeal. The pertinent facts are these: An execution was issued out of the superior court of Thurston county, upon a judgment entered in favor of A. L. Whipple and others, as plaintiffs, and against Taylor Lumber & Shingle Company, a corporation, and others, defendants. The writ was placed in the hands of respondent Gaston, as sheriff of Thurston county, for service. In obedience to the writ, he levied upon certain property which the appellant claimed to own. The appellant thereupon made an affidavit asserting its ownership to the property, in…