Morrison v. Lumbard

Graves, O. J.

The defendant, acting as a constable, levied an execution against the plaintiff’s father on a flock ■of sheep found on the plaintiff’s premises. The plaintiff Maimed that the sheep were his property, and the defendant went no further at the time than the making of the levy. The sheep were left in the plaintiff’s possession. In the course of about a week the defendant called on the plaintiff and proposed to take possession; but offered to abstain therefrom and let the sheep remain with the plaintiff in case he would become receiptor and agree that they should be on the farm at the…