Bradley v. Coolbaugh
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. John A. Jameson, Judge, presiding. This was an action of trespass, by Timothy M. Bradley as sheriff of Cook county, for the use of John H. Mortimer and Charles S. Debost, against the appellees. The property was taken from the possession of the sheriff by the defendants and sold. The material facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
On . the 23d day of January, 1874, Mortimer and Debost, claiming to be creditors of William Kurka, sued out of the Superior Court a writ of attachment against his effects, on the ground the debtor had departed from the State. The writ was placed in the hands of the sheriff and was by him levied on a stock of goods that it was said belonged to the attachment debtor. When the goods were seized the officer acting placed them in the hands of Le G-ros as custodian, to be by him held for the sheriff. On the 7th day of February, 1874, Swinburn, who was an acting constable, levied upon the same goods…
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