Legal Opinion

Main v. Bell

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided January 15, 1871PublishedCited by 11 opinions

APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane County. The defendants appeal from a judgment against them. The case is stated in the opinion. to the point that. the receiptors might show that the property was exempt from attachment, cited Drake oh Attach.rq.ent, 381; 2 Allen, 449' ; 2 N. H. 87 ; 36 Me. 322. To the point that the liability of the defendants to the sheriff was no greater than that of the sheriff to the attaching creditor, they cited Drake on Att. § 370; 28 Me. 505; 14…

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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane County. The defendants appeal from a judgment against them. The case is stated in the opinion. to the point that. the receiptors might show that the property was exempt from attachment, cited Drake oh Attach.rq.ent, 381; 2 Allen, 449' ; 2 N. H. 87 ; 36 Me. 322. To the point that the liability of the defendants to the sheriff was no greater than that of the sheriff to the attaching creditor, they cited Drake on Att. § 370; 28 Me. 505; 14 Yt. 491; 19' id. 65; 3 Met. 416; 10 Cush. 319. To the point that the receiptor, though he cannot defend by showing that…

1Opinion of the CourtLyon, J.

The plaintiff having seized certain property of Stephen Crane, by virtute of a writ of attachment issued in an action wherein one Ellen C. Cook was plaintiff and said Crane was defendant, the defendants in this action executed to the plaintiff, the following receipt: “ Received of Willett S. Main, sheriff'of Dane county, the . following described personal property, this day attached in the" above entitled action, being the property of the said Crane, which, for value received, we hereby agree to return to said Main, at the barn of- Wm. A. Cook, in Rutland, Dane county, Wisconsin, whenever the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Earl v. Camp & StoneNew York Supreme Court · 1837
  2. Cornell v. . DakinNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
  3. Smith v. HillNew York Supreme Court · 1856
  4. Allen v. CartySupreme Court of Vermont · 1846
  5. Jameson v. PaddockSupreme Court of Vermont · 1842

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Hibben v. SoyerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Perry v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Allen v. PerryWisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
  4. Connaughton v. SandsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1873
  5. Heath v. KeyesWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874

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