Slattery ex rel. Slattery v. Donnelly

This action was brought to recover damages for the conversion of a certain piano, which plaintiff alleges she owned at the time the same was siezed and converted by the defendant. The seizure was sought to be justified by the defendant on the ground that it was made by defendant, as sheriff, under final process against Michael P. Slattery, the father of the plaintiff. The ownership of the piano was the sole issue. The case was tried to a jury, and, at the close of the plaintiff’s case, defendant moved the trial court to direct a verdict in his favor on the ground that the facts proved failed…