Palmer v. United States ex rel. Lane
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing oil an appeal by tlie defendants from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action to recover damages for an alleged wrongful levy upon personal property of plaintiff under a writ of attachment The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a judgment in the supreme court of the District for the plaintiff, Jessie C. Lane, appellee here, in an action for trespass de bonis aspoHatis for an alleged…
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Hearing oil an appeal by tlie defendants from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action to recover damages for an alleged wrongful levy upon personal property of plaintiff under a writ of attachment The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a judgment in the supreme court of the District for the plaintiff, Jessie C. Lane, appellee here, in an action for trespass de bonis aspoHatis for an alleged wrongful levy by Auliclc Palmer, the marshal of the District, one of the defendants below, upon personal property of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kobb
It will be apparent at once that tbe question for determination is .as to tbe measure of damages under tbe facts disclosed. Tbe plaintiff insists, and her view evidently was adopted by tbe trial court, that the measure of damages was the value of the goods at the time of the levy. The defendants contend that if the jury should find that the vendee in the bill of sale, prior to the actual levy, asserted his right to possession, that right being paramount to the right of possession of Mrs. Lane, she could recover nothing in this action. The second contention of the- defendants is that, even if…
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