Legal Opinion

Hill v. La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided November 2, 1861PublishedCited by 9 opinions

APPEAL from the Circuit óourt for Milwaulcee County. Hill and Rudd obtained a judgment against the La Crosse & Milwaulcee Railroad Company, in the circuit court for Milwaukee county in 'September, 1858; and an assignment of the same to E. Mariner, dated December 27th, 1858, was filed in that court June 12th, 1860. On the 13th of November, 1860, Langworthy, sheriff of Milwaukee county, collected $4,519 74, on an execution issued upon the judgment.

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APPEAL from the Circuit óourt for Milwaulcee County. Hill and Rudd obtained a judgment against the La Crosse & Milwaulcee Railroad Company, in the circuit court for Milwaukee county in 'September, 1858; and an assignment of the same to E. Mariner, dated December 27th, 1858, was filed in that court June 12th, 1860. On the 13th of November, 1860, Langworthy, sheriff of Milwaukee county, collected $4,519 74, on an execution issued upon the judgment. On the 20th of the same month, the coroner of the same county “ seized and levied upon said moneys" in the sheriff’s hands, by virtue of a writ of…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Oole, J.

The appellant, who was sheriff of Milwaukee county, collected upon an execution placed in his hands, which was issued upon a judgment in favor of the respondents and against the La Crosse & Milwaukee Railroad Company, about the sum of $13,400, the amount due thereon. He paid over to the assignee of the judgment the amount which he had collected, less the sum of $4,519 74, which, it appears from his return and the writ of attachment thereto annexed, has been seized and attached in his hands by the coroner on a writ of attachment issued out of the circuit court of Milwaukee…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Dubois v. DuboisNew York Supreme Court · 1826
  2. Sharp v. ClarkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1806
  3. First v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1816
  4. Hurlburt v. HicksSupreme Court of Vermont · 1845
  5. Clymer v. WillisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1853

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. MilhoanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1873
  2. Burnham v. City of Fond du LacWisconsin Supreme Court · 1862
  3. Bates v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1884
  4. J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. v. MiracleWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
  5. Merrell v. CampbellWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880

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