Wright v. Deyoe

This was an action of trespass, brought against appellant, sheriff of Marshall county, to recover double the value of certain property levied upon and sold by him in satisfaction of a certain execution which came into his hands for collection, issued upon a judgment rendered against appellee.

Several grounds of reversal have been urged by appellant, but we do not deem it necessarv to.consider all of them. The record, however, discloses one palpable error, for which the judgment will have to be reversed. The defendant, appellant here, requested the court to give the following instruction, which…