Hunter v. Berridge
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Snohomish county, Alston, J., entered July 10, 1917, in favor of the defendants, notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the plaintiff, dismissing an action upon an official bond.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
— This appeal is from a judgment of non-suit entered after the verdict of a jury. The action was brought upon the official bond of N. S. Berridge, as constable in Arlington precinct, Snohomish county, to recover the value of certain property alleged to have been wrongfully levied upon and sold upon execution issued out of a justice of the peace court in a case to which the plaintiff in this action was not a party. The complaint did not show that leave to maintain the action had been granted by the trial court. The defendants, being the principal and sureties upon the official bond, filed a…
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