McKenzie v. . Smith
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the seventh judicial district, reversing a judgment in favor of defendant entered upon the decision of the court at circuit, and ordering a new trial. The action was brought against defendant as sheriff of the county of Monroe, for an alleged liability growing out of the facts set forth fully in the prevailing opinion of Lott, Oh. C.
1Opinion of the Court
Lott, Ch. C.
This action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, as sheriff of Monroe county, under the following circumstances: The said plaintiff commenced an action in the Supreme Court on the 15th day of October, 1859, against one Marvin C. Bills for the recovery of a gold watch wrongfully detained from him, and by an indorsement in writing upon the proper affidavit delivered for that purpose, accompanied by the requisite undertaking, he required the said sheriff to take the same from the said Bills and deliver it to him the said plaintiff. The said sheriff thereupon demanded…
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