Williams v. Superior Court

Pursuant to a writ of attachment issued out of the Justice’s Court of Brooklyn Township in Alameda County in an action brought by A. S. Dawning against L. C. Chambers to recover on a promissory note, the sheriff of said county seized an automobile of which the petitioner herein, Rozelle L. Williams, claimed to be the owner. Thereafter and in conformity with the provisions of section 689 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the latter served upon the sheriff a verified third party claim to the automobile, and the sheriff exacted from Downing an indemnifying undertaking in a sum equal to double the…