Montgomery v. Kirksey

— This-is an action by Amos H. Kirksey against John Montgomery, sheriff of Maricopa county, to recover $1,500, the alleged value of an automobile levied upon by the latter under a writ of attachment issued out of the superior court of said county in a case entitled L . L. Stewart v. S. Kirksey. From a judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $700 and the denial of a motion for a new trial, the defendant appeals.

The substance of the complaint is that at the time the car was levied upon and seized the plaintiff was its owner and in possession of it, and for a long time prior thereto had been,…