Moore

Moore v. McSleeper

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102 Cal. 277·1894 Cal. LEXIS 635·36 P. 593
Supreme Court of CaliforniaApril 25, 1894No. 15309California1,251 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Haven, J.

Appeal from an order denying a motion made under section 1055 of the Code of Civil Procedure to have judgment entered in favor of a sheriff, and against sureties named in a bond indemnifying him against liability on account of the execution of a writ of attachment.

The indemnity bond was given in an action brought by one Albert W. Lewis against L. A. Young and others, and recites that said Lewis as principal, and the respondents as sureties, are jointly and severally bound to the *280 appellant in this proceeding in the sum of $1,000; and then, after referring to the fact of the delivery to the appellant as sheriff of the writ of attachment issued in the action of Lewis v. Young et al., and of the attachment of certain personal property thereunder, the bond proceeds to specify the particular liability of each of the sureties as follows-: “The said Robert Bucknell is bound in the sum of $200; and the said R. C. Tallman is bound in the sum of $200; and the said J. E. Sleeper is bound in the sum of $200; and the said E. Burk is bound in the sum of $100; and the said W. Wt Dunton is bound in the sum of $100; and the said M. L. Thompson is bound in the sum of $100.”

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