State ex rel. Central Type Foundry v. Moore

This was an action brought by the plaintiff on a judgment and execution against one Williams for $135, against the sheriff' and his seeurites, alleging a loss of the debt by reason of the misconduct of the officer. The judgment was levied on a printing press in the office of Williams, at the town of Grlenwood, about two miles and a half from Lancaster, the county seat. The plaintiff, *287being a corporation in St. Louis, intrusted the collection to its attorney at Lancaster. On the day previous to the sale advertised by the sheriff', his deputy came to the office of the attorney and told him the…