Meherin v. Saunders

This is an action by the assignee of the California Steamship Company, an insolvent corporation, against defendant Saunders, as constable of judicial township No. 5 of Santa Barbara county, and the sureties upon his official bond. Defendants appealed from a judgment rendered against them, and also from an order denying their motion for a new trial.

Saunders, as constable, held certain executions running against the California Steamship Company, prior to insolvency proceedings. One of these executions he levied upon its real estate, and proceeded to sell the same. At the sale one Ambrose bid…