Stratton

This is an action to recover the possession or value of certain personal property, alleged to have been wrongfully taken from the possession of the plaintiff by the defendant John Burr, as sheriff of the county of Los Angeles, on the tenth day of August, 1895. The defendant justified the taking of said property under and by virtue of a writ of attachment issued in an action commenced in the superior court of Los Angeles county on the tenth day of August, 1895, by one Gregory Perkins, Jr., against J. J. Stratton and *142 U. G. Stratton, copartners, doing business under the firm name of Stratton Bros. The answer denies that the taking was wrongful, and alleges that on the eighth day of August, 1895, Stratton Bros, were indebted to various persons in sums of money aggregating $992.50, and on the tenth day of the month the said creditors assigned their several claims to Gregory Perkins, Jr., who thereupon commenced said action; that, on the said eighth day of August, J. J. Stratton, for the sole purpose of preventing the creditors of Stratton Bros, from attaching said property, and to hinder, delay and defraud said creditors, without the consent or knowledge of said U. G. Stratton,…