Harris v. Van De Vanter

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

The action is brought by respondent, Dora Harris, against A. T. Yan de Yanter, as sheriff of King county, for damages for the conversion of certain cattle taken by him under a writ of replevin, at the instance of one Daniel O’Leary, in an action wherein Daniel O’Leary was plaintiff, and James Harris, the husband of the plaintiff in this action, was defendant. The facts are briefly as follows: The plaintiff and James Harris were married in 1879, and in 1881, while living on a community farm, the father of the plaintiff presented her with a cow…