Crofts & Anderson v. H. L. Petersen Construction Co.

In June of 1953, Crofts and Anderson secured a judgment by stipulation against C. R. Petersen,1 and his firm, the H. L. Petersen Construction Company, in the amount of $2,816.41, plus costs. Subsequently, the sheriff, pursuant to a writ of execution, levied on three Arabian horses then in the possession of Petersen. Catherine Laguens, mother-in-law of Petersen, filed a third party claim to the horses, claiming to have purchased them from Petersen for $3,000 on December 5, 1952. At the termination of the hearing of the petition to determine title the trial court concluded that Catherine…