Burchinell v. Bennett

This action was brought by Mrs. Donnelly against Burchinell, the sheriff, to recover certain goods on which he had levied and which she claimed under a chattel mortgage given by the San Francisco Tea Company, who were her debtors when the security was executed. The contest of course was between the attaching creditor and the plaintiff, and the question litigated was the good faith of the transaction; the attaching creditor predicating his right principally on the invalidity of the security, both as respects its form and as respects the circumstances of its execution and delivery. The case was…