Benner v. Michel

The defendants are sued for $2000 as damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiffs from the illegal seizure and sale under execution by defendants of the property of the" plaintiffs. The answer is a general denial. Plaintiffs had judgment for $1000, and defendants have appealed.

*490Gallalior having obtained a judgment against B. E. Hughes, caused execution to issue, and the sheriff, Michel, seized as property of Hughes the contents of a drug store in the city of Jefferson at the coiner of Magazine and Jena streets, and after an inventory and appraisement of the effects seized and…