Herron v. Hughes
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court, Eleventh Judicial District, Placer County. The answer was filed by the defendants, Nichols, and they alone appealed. Defendant, Hughes, made no defense. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Shafter, J.
It is alleged in the complaint in this action:
That on the 1st of July, 1862, the plaintiff was engaged in business at Dutch Flat as a dealer in boots and shoes, etc., and that on that day his stock on hand was of the value of two thousand seven hundred dollars.
That on the 11th of July, 1862, and during a temporary absence of the plaintiff, Hughes commenced an action against him on a pretended and fictitious indebtedness of one thousand two 'hundred dollars, and caused the whole of plaintiff’s said *557stock to be attached in said action by the Sheriff, etc., who placed it…
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