Gibson v. Arnold

Gantt, <T.

The plaintiff in error was plaintiff in the court below, and brought this action to recover damages for an alleged conversion of property. It appears that upon a warrant of the county treasurer for that purpose, the defendant, Arnold, sheriff of the county, distrained and sold at public auction the property in question for the payment of unpaid delinquent taxes of the plaintiff. The board of county commissioners were made a party defendant, and interposed a general demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition. The demurrer was sustained. It is very, clear that if property seized by distress…