Skulason v. Pratt

This is aji action to recover damages resulting from the alleged negligence of the defendant sheriff in serving and executing a writ of assistance issued for the purpose of ousting a judgment debtor from possession of a dwelling house and lot in the city of Portland. The corporation was made defendant by reason of its being surety on the official bond of the sheriff. The cause was submitted to the trial court, without the intervention of a jury, and a judgment rendered in favor of defendants.

The action arose out of the following facts: On the 9th day of November, 1938, a judgment was rendered…