Edgerton

Edgerton v. Scammon

Good Law
119 Cal. App. 273·1931 Cal. App. LEXIS 77·6 P.2d 295
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaDecember 17, 1931Docket No. 4347.California1,034 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Tuttle, J.

This is an action to recover upon judgments rendered in the justice court and to subject certain personal property to sale under executions levied pursuant to said judgments.

The complaint contains two counts. The first alleges the rendition of judgment in the justice court in favor of the assignor of plaintiff and against Modoc Moulding and Lumber Company; that this judgment was entered April 18, 1929, and was for the sum of $273.55; that execution on the judgment was levied upon certain personal property alleged to belong to the lumber company; that E. G. Scammon, defendant herein, filed a third party claim, and that the property was delivered to him upon the filing of a bond; that Scammon claims to be the owner thereof; that at all times mentioned the lumber company was in possession of said personal property, claiming to own the same; that defendants Gibson and Laird are sureties upon the said bond. The second count, based upon another judgment, is practically the same as the first, except that the judgment was obtained on July 25, 1927, and the amount was $272.15.

The answer denied the possession of the lumber company, and its title to said property, and in this behalf…

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