Berson v. Nunan

This was an action of replevin brought by the plaintiffs to recover certain household furniture which had been seized by the defendant as sheriff of the city and county of San Francisco, under an execution issued in favor of C. H. Voight against Maria Trendle. The seizure was made on the 3d of *551November, 1879. At the time, the furniture was in the actual possession of the execution debtor, who was using it in the business of keeping a boarding and lodging house; but she had purchased the furniture from the plaintiffs and had given her promissory note, secured by a chattel mortgage upon the…