Capital Lumbering Co. v. Hall

By the Court,

Watson J.:

The appellant, as sheriff of Polk county, Oregon, seized *203the property in controversy (2,000,000 feet of saw logs) under a writ of attachment, issued in an action brought in the circuit court for said county, by Conner and Orosno, against J. L. Smith, for the recovery of the sum of $1,345 44. The respondent claimed the property from the sheriff, and a jury was empaneled under sec. 283 of the civil code to try the validity of the claim. The jury found against the claimant. The respondent thereupon brought this action against the appellant to recover possession of the…