Barber v. Andrews

This action is brought to recover damages for the conversion of twenty tons of hay which were attached by the defendant, a deputy sheriff, as the property of one George A. Carr, and sold by order of the court.

The plaintiffs aver that at a time previous to the attachment they bought the hay of Carr, and paid for the same by remitting a cash claim against him and by delivery of a horse to him.

The hay in question was part of a larger quantity of good hay stored in bulk at the east end of the mow in a barn occupied by Carr. In front and over this lot of hay a quantity of millet and rye straw was…