Adams v. Speelman

Smith, P. J.:

Action to recover damages for the wrongful taking and detention of certain chattels alleged to be the property of the plaintiff. Defense, that the defendant, as sheriff, levied upon and attached the said chattels by virtue of two warrants of attachment issued out of this court in actions against Perry Adams, who, and not tbe plaintiff, was the owner of said chattels.

At the trial the defendant offered in evidence the attachments by virtue of which he claimed to have levied on the property, but they were excluded by the court and the defendant excepted. That exception raises the…