Bronzan

On the twenty-seventh day of October, 1887, the plaintiff herein recovered a judgment in the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco against the Gold Lead Gold and Silver Mining Company, a corporation, for the sum of $1,271.95,.and $18 costs of suit. On this judgment an execution was issued and returned unsatisfied. The return states that the execution was duly levied upon “ all moneys, goods, credits, effects, debts due or owing, or any other personal property in possession or under control of Matteo Drobaz, belonging to the defendant named in said writ.” Thereafter, under and in pursuance of the provisions of section 717 of the Code of Civil Procedure, an order was made by the judge of the court, requiring Drobaz to appear, at a specified time and place, before a referee appointed for the purpose, to answer concerning the property in his possession belonging to the defendant. At the time and place named, Drobaz appeared, with his attorney, before the referee and was examined. As the result of the examination the referee found and reported to the court that Drobaz had in his possession $217.26, which he admitted was the property of the defendant corporation, and…