Gray v. Ferreby

Miller, J.—

^criminai proceedmg. I. The defendant, as the acting sheriff of Clinton county, levied upon three horses as the property of Daniel Gray, by virtue of an execution directed to defendant from the district court of Linn county, Iowa, issued upon a judgment rendered in said court, wherein the State of Iowa was plaintiff and said Daniel Gray, defendant.

This action is brought by plaintiff to recover the property from the custody and possession of the defendant, the plaintiff claiming said possession as the absolute owner of the property.

The defendant justifies the taking of the property…