Johnson v. Jones

Bissell, C.

This was an action of replevin commenced in August, 1883, by James Jones against the defendant Johnson, who was the sheriff of Jefferson county, to recover a quantity of stock and chattels which he had seized under a writ of attachment. The attachment writ was issued in a suit previously brought by one E. W. Tweedy against E. W. Jones in the district court of Arapahoe county. The plaintiff alleged title and a wrongful taking by the sheriff. The sheriff justified and set up the pendency of the attachment suit and his levy thereunder. The property remained in the possession of the…