Cass v. Krimbill

The appellee was sheriff of Porter county, and had several executions against one Mitchell in his hands for collection, and levied them on sheep and other stock of Mitchell’s, and, without a delivery bond, the sheriff left the property in the custody of the defendant, Mitchell. When the day of sale came, the property levied upon was missing, and could not be found or offered for sale. The plaintiffs in the judgments on which the executions were issued sued the sheriff and obtained judgment against him for the respective amounts of their executions.

Krimbill sued Cass, reciting in full form the…