Jones v. Thomas

Jones was sheriff of Porter county. His deputy seized certain property (three horses) by virtue of a writ of attachment. He delivered the horses to Thomas for keeping, no delivery-bond having been executed for them by the person in whose possession they were seized. Thomas kept them nine months; and this suit was against the sheriff for compensation for such keeping. When the horses were delivered to Thomas by the deputy sheriff, the latter told him the compensation would be what the law allowed. This was all the evidence of the contract under which the horses were kept. The Court allowed 290…