McNerney v. Downs
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action upon an officer’s receipt for property attached, brought to and tried by the City Court of New Haven, Booth, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for $60 damages and costs, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
The following facts appear to be undisputed: The plaintiff is a deputy sheriff in and for the County of New Haven. On the 30th day of August, 1915, the plaintiff had in his hands for service as such deputy sheriff a writ of attachment against one F. W. Skinner, a resident of the town of Derby, in favor of John H. Dillon and William H. Douglass of New Haven, which writ was returnable to the City Court of New Haven on September 13th, 1915. The plaintiff, by virtue of this writ, attached as the property of Skinner certain cigars and liquors, and afterward took an officer’s receipt for the same,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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