Simpson v. Armstrong

This was an action against the sheriff of Brown county, for the conversion of personal property.

On the 8th of May, 1884, defendant in error purchased a stock of goods from one George R. Reed, paying therefor the sum of $900 in cash. He took possession and left the store in charge of a clerk, and returned to his residence in Clay county. On the 24th day of the same month plaintiff in error levied on the goods as the property of Reed, and took them from the possession of defendant in error,, who brought suit for their value and recovered a judgment. The sheriff, as plaintiff in error, brings…