Schneider v. Wallingford

The chief inquiry here concerns the legal effect to be given to the. reseizure of goods by an officer, who has antecedently *151surrendered them to the defendant on the execution of a delivery bond under the statute. In May, 1889, Wallingford commenced a suit against T. J. Matthews and Whiting, who were copartners, as he avers, under the name of T. J. Matthews & Go., to recover $1,289.92 as money due on a promissory note, and for the rent of certain property. He sued out an attachment in aid of his action, and the sheriff levied the writ on certain property in the possession of the firm, and…