Dykes v. Clarke

This was a suit in detinue for personal property described in the complaint. The plaintiff, made *658affidavit and gave bond in the manner required by statute for the precept of the clerk to the sheriff to take the possession of the property, unless bonded by the defendants. The sheriff executed the summons and complaint on defendants, and took possession of the property on the 18th of February, 1892. The defendants appear not to have given bond, for the sheriff makes return on the writ, four days after it was executed, that the “property [was] released by defendants to plaintiff without bond.…