Grabenheimer v. Budd

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Poohé, J.

The sheriff and his bondsmen are sued for damages in the sum of $2113 91, alleged to have been caused to plaintiff through the malfeasance and misconduct of the sheriff’s deputy. The judgment of the district court, resting on the .verdict of a jury, was in favor of the defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

The facts are as follows :

Plaintiff, as creditor of one S. Simon, in the sum of $2113 91, sued out, and obtained, a writ of attachment of his debtor’s property, consisting of the contents of a country store, and placed the writ in the hands of…