Brewer v. Gordon

Chiee Justice Campbell

delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought in the county court of Morgan county by George A. Gordon, sheriff of that county, against the defendants upon a bond given by them to indemnify him, as sheriff, for seizing personal property under a writ of attachment. Upon issues joined there was a judgment against the defendants, from which they have appealed, and assigned and argued numerous errors.

The ruling of the court denying defendants’ application for a change of the place of trial was wrong, and the judgment must be reversed for that reason. Ordinarily,…