Boot

Action in claim and delivery, the defendant being the sheriff of Tehama County.

On the ninth day of January, 1915,/R. A. Boot and Nora Boot, his wife, in consideration of $15,642.50, by deed conveyed to plaintiff 170 acres of land in Tehama County, spoken of as the R. A. Boot ranch. On the same day said R. A. and Nora Boot executed to plaintiff a bill of sale conveying certain personal property, consisting of mules, horses, wagons, farming implements, etc., it being stated therein that the consideration named in the above-mentioned deed was also paid for the personal property transferred by the bill of sale.

On the thirteenth day of January, 1915, an action was commenced in the superior court of Tehama County by Jesse A. Brown, as plaintiff, against Robert Boot and James A. Boot, as defendants, to recover $2,691.83, the amount alleged to be due on certain promissory notes given by the defendants in said action in connection with a contract between the parties for the sale by said Brown to defendants of land adjoining the Boot ranch. A writ of attachment was issued and delivered to the sheriff, who made return that, on January 18, 1915, he levied upon certain personal property…