Strunk v. Ocheltree

The plaintiff in his petition represents, that the defendant, John R. Ocheltree, was duly elected as constable in said county, and qualified as such, by giving bonds with the other defendants as sureties. That by virtue of his said office, there was an execution placed in his hands against the plaintiff and that by virtue of such execution he willfully and wrongfully levied upon a certain mare of plaintiff's which was exempt from seizure and sale. That plaintiff' was a farmer, the head of a family, that the mare thus levied upon and sold was part of a team by which ho habitually earned his…