Vines v. Vandegrift & Sons
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crow. Action by L. V. Vines against Vandegrift & Son, for the wrongful taking and conversion of property under execution against another. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under the act creating said court. ■
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
This action, instituted by the appellant against the appellee, is for damages alleged to have been suffered by the appellant in consequence of the wrongful taking or the conversion of property of the appellant because of wrongful levy upon and sale thereof under an execution issued to enforce a money judgment in favor of the appellees, in an action by the appellees against one Ben Vines. The mentioned levy and sale of the property described in this action was affirmatively directed by the appellees (plaintiffs in that judgment) and was induced by an indemnity bond executed by the plaintiffs…
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