State ex rel. Jones v. Martin

Philips, C.

This is an action brought by James T. Jones against Martin, as sheriff of Daviess county, and the sureties on his bond, for damages, tried on change of venue in Livingston county. The breach of the bond assigned is, that one Hunter having obtained against Theophilus Jones a judgment for $1,916, Martin, as such sheriff, “ without leave and wrongfully levied upon, seized, etc., as the property of said T. Jones,” the goods and merchandise set out in the petition, of the value of $5,850, which were the “ property of the relator, and has not returned the same or any part thereof.” The…