Brennan v. State Bank

This is a suit on a sheriff’s bond, in which judgment was rendered against the defendants, .and for the purpose of obtaining its reversal, they have brought the case here by writ of error.

In 1892, the plaintiff brought suit by attachment against a copartnership known as Brainard & Beebe. The attachment was sustained, judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and the attached property sold. The defendant Brennan was the sheriff who attached the property and made the sale. While the property was in his custody, he exacted from the plaintiff $1,250 as custodian’s fees, and after the sale returned the…