Tennant

Tennant v. Cline

Good Law
1920 Cal. App. LEXIS 554·47 Cal. App. 461·190 P. 1065
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 13, 1920Civ. No. 3085.California1,154 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

James, J.

Appellant brought this action to recover for the alleged conversion of an automobile which isf claimed to have been improperly seized under attachment process by defendant Cline as sheriff.

Lucy C. Gentry, in a divorce action against Harry V. Gentry, obtained judgment in April, 1916, for a monthly allowance for the support of herself and minor children and for an additional sum of two thousand dollars, which represented her interest in the community property. The judgment remaining unsatisfied, in February, 1919, Lucy C. Gentry caused the sheriff to levy on the automobile of which the plaintiff here later claimed to be the owner. From the statement of the testimony, as it is set forth in the bill of exceptions, it appears that the plaintiff had been named as the corespondent in the divorce action brought by Lucy C. Gentry against her husband, and that for a long period of time, up to the date when the automobile was taken under the writ, Gentry and this plaintiff lived in a four-room flat and that no other person resided therein ;• that the automobile in question was used by both of them. The plaintiff testified that she was the owner of the automobile, having purchased it from…

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