Smith v. Collins & Griffith
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Oily Court of Birmingham'. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. This action was brought by Collins & Griffith, a partnership composed of Robert- A. Collins and B. K. Griffith, against J..S.
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Appeal from the Oily Court of Birmingham'. Tried before the Hon. H. A. Sharpe. This action was brought by Collins & Griffith, a partnership composed of Robert- A. Collins and B. K. Griffith, against J..S. Smith, the sheriff of the county, and the sureties on his official bond, and sought to recover damages for an alleged trespass, which consisted of the levy by the- sheriff of sundry attachments against J. D. Collins & Oq. on a stock of goods claimed by plaintiffs under a prior purchase from said defendants in attachment-. The firm of J. I). Collins & Co. was composed of J. D. Collins and…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
— Creditors of J. D. Collins & Go. sued out certain attachments against the firm, which were levied by the sheriff upon a stock of goods as the property of the defendants in attacmnent. The plaintiffs in this suit, Collins & Griffith, brought the present action against the sheriff and his sureties, in trespass, claiming the goods -as their property under a purchase from J. D. Collins & Co., made prior to the suing out of the attachments.' The bona fieles and validity of the sale to the plaintiffs by J. D. Collins & Co. was the issue in the trial court. Robert A. Collins, of the firm of…
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