Crites v. Hart

The defendants in error in this court were plaintiffs in the district court, where the action was originally commenced, and will hereinafter be referred to as plaintiffs and the opposing parties as defendants. The suit is one on the official bond of William H. Crites, of defendants, as sheriff of Merrick county, to recover of him and his bondsmen a sum named in the pleading as the value of certain personal property which it was claimed belonged to the plaintiffs, and of which, it was alleged, there was a wrongful seizure. and sale by the sheriff under and by virtue of executions issued by the…