Barker v. McLeod
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Esmeralda county. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The court erred in charging the jury that the sheriff could recover if he received nothing on his contract. II. The courts of bankruptcy are not dependent to any extent upon the state courts.
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Appeal from the District Court of the Eighth Judicial District, Esmeralda county. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The court erred in charging the jury that the sheriff could recover if he received nothing on his contract. II. The courts of bankruptcy are not dependent to any extent upon the state courts. Their orders are effective per se, so that when property of a bankrupt is assigned in bankruptcy, if under attachment not four months old, the attachment is at ouce dissolved, and this dissolution relates back to the time of the filing the petition in bankruptcy. (9th ed. Bump’s…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Beatty, C. J.:
This is an action by a former sheriff of Esmeralda county to recover his fees and keeper’s charges for attaching and keeping the property of the Columbus Mill and Mining Company in a suit brought by these defendants. The plaintiff had judgment in the district court and the defendants have appealed from the judgment and the order of the court overruling their motion for a new trial.
*150It will not be necessary to notice more than two of the points made in support of the appeal.
I. The defendants allege in their answer that plaintiffs services in the attachment case were…
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- Johnson v. BishopU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Iowa · 1868