Johnson v. Pike
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report from Nisi Prius, Rice, J., presiding. Case against the sheriff, for the neglect of his deputy. It appeared that E. D. Johnson and Samuel Soule were in the joint occupation of a grist-mill. The mill needed repairs, and Soule contracted with Johnson to procure and pay for them. The plaintiff furnished E. D. Johnson with mill irons for that purpose.
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On Report from Nisi Prius, Rice, J., presiding. Case against the sheriff, for the neglect of his deputy. It appeared that E. D. Johnson and Samuel Soule were in the joint occupation of a grist-mill. The mill needed repairs, and Soule contracted with Johnson to procure and pay for them. The plaintiff furnished E. D. Johnson with mill irons for that purpose. On July 7, 1846, the plaintiff’s account amounted to $56,75, for such articles furnished at different dates between October 18, 1845, and March 7, 1846. Upon July 7, 1846, he sent to the debtor a copy of the account, attached to a letter…
1Opinion of the CourtWells, J.
— It is contended, that the plaintiff has sustained an injury, by the neglect of Seth Greenleaf, the defendant’s deputy, to make an attachment of the real estate of Elijah D. Johnson on the tenth day of August, 1846. But *297the real estate of the debtor, which the officer was directed to attach, had been conveyed by him to Leonard W. Russell, in September, 1844. Russell gave to Johnson a written agreement to convey the premises to him, dated Nov. 2, 1844. On the 24th of March, 1846, another contract was made, by which Russell agreed to convey the premises to Johnson, upon the payment of a sum of…
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