Sumner v. Bachelder
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Trover against the sheriff, for selling by his deputy, goods claimed by the plaintiffs. The goods formerly belonged to William G. Hall, and he mortgaged them to Hall & Turner. The deputy seized and sold the goods, as the property of William G, Hall. The question relates to the title derived by the mortgage.
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Trover against the sheriff, for selling by his deputy, goods claimed by the plaintiffs. The goods formerly belonged to William G. Hall, and he mortgaged them to Hall & Turner. The deputy seized and sold the goods, as the property of William G, Hall. The question relates to the title derived by the mortgage. The mortgage was conditioned for the payment of two notes, given to Hall & Turner, of amounts similar to those for which the plaintiffs hold the notes of said W. G. Hall, signed also by Hall & Turner, and which are the notes now in suit. This mortgage they had assigned to the plaintiffs.…
1Opinion of the CourtShepley, C. J.
— The plaintiffs are creditors of Hall & Turner. The defendant is the sheriff of this county. The action is trover brought to recover the value of certain goods attached and sold by a deputy of the defendant as the property of William G. Hall. It is admitted that he was formerly the owner of the goods. The plaintiffs claim to have derived their title to them from him. ft was stated in argument, that the defendant had exhibited no title. Tt was not necessary that he should make an exhibit of the writs, upon which the attachment had been made, until the plaintiffs had established their title. “…
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