Stewart v. Lapsley

By the court:

Edstis, C. J.

The plaintiffs were judgment creditors of the Lapsleys, and took out an execution and caused to be seized under it the stock in trade of the dry goods store kept by the defendants, at No. 13 Chartres street, in this city. On making the seizure, the sheriff was warned, by N. E. Turner, that the stock of goods was his property, and not that of the defendants, and that he would hold the sheriff responsible for all damages sustained by him in consequence of said seizure.

Turner alleged, that he had bought out the stock of the Lapsleys, and, it appears, was in possession…