Child v. Western Lumber Exchange

The plaintiff, Child, seeks recovery of damages from the defendants, sheriff and lumber exchange, for the alleged wrongful seizure and sale of lumber belonging to him, upon an execution issued upon a money judgment rendered in favor of the defendant lumber exchange and against Sanger Lumber Company, a corporation. A trial upon the merits in the superior court for Spokane county, sitting without a jury, resulted in findings and judgment awarding to Child recovery for the value of the lumber against both the sheriff and lumber exchange, from which they have appealed to this court.

On January 6,…