Peterson v. Woolery

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J.

— The act of March 10, 1893 (Laws, p. 253), provides that a conditional sale of personal property, fol*391lowed by the possession- of the vendee, shall be absolute as to creditors unless the vendor and vendee join in a memorandum stating the terms and conditions of the sale, to be filed in the auditor’s office.

The sheriff of King county, having in his hands a writ of attachment issued at the suit of a creditor of one M'c-Master, levied it upon certain shingle bolts, which the respondent claimed as his property. Kespondent filed an affidavit…