Burton v. Cave

In April, 1883, the plaintiff recovered a judgment before a justice of the peace against one Patrick Manning for the sum of $125.80. An execution was duly issued thereon which was delivered to a deputy of the defendant, (the defendant being the sheriff of Harlan county,) and was levied upon five sewing machines of the appraised value of $75. These machines were afterward ta'ken on an order of replevin in an action brought by Bridget Manning, the mother of Patrick Manning, but as she failed to give the undertaking required by law the property was returned to the defendant. The property upon…