Townsend v. Holbrook

FOLLAND, Justice.

This is an action for damages for an alleged conversion of a Buick automobile by the personal defendant, the sheriff of Davis county. The corporate defendant is his official bondsman. The facts, briefly, are these: John C. Burton entered the state driving a Buick automobile. An action was commenced against him by a Utah creditor in the district court of Davis county and writ of attachment issued. The defendant sheriff, pursuant to the writ of attachment, took the car into possession. The California registration certificate showed Burton as the registered owner and the Frank…