Stossel v. Van De Vanter
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from Superior Court, King County.—Hon. Richard Osborn, Judge. Action by Frank Stossel and Fraser & Ross, a co-partnership, against A. T. Van De Vanter, sheriff of King county, charging him with the conversion of a certain lot of logs.
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Appeal from Superior Court, King County.—Hon. Richard Osborn, Judge. Action by Frank Stossel and Fraser & Ross, a co-partnership, against A. T. Van De Vanter, sheriff of King county, charging him with the conversion of a certain lot of logs. Knapp, Burrell & Company intervened in the action and set up as an affirmative defense, among other things, that the logs had been seized and sold as the property of one James Duvall, under an execution upon a judgment obtained by them against him. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Scott, J.
This was an action for the conversion of a quantity of saw logs which the appellants caused to be levied upon and sold under an execution issued upon a judgment recovered by them against one Duvall. The appeal was taken from a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiffs.
One of the defenses pleaded was that the plaintiffs were estopped from prosecuting the action on the ground that after the logs had been seized under the execution, Stossel, one of the plaintiffs, and one Faulds, with the knowledge and consent of Fraser and Ross, served…
2Cited by1 opinion
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