Fish v. Nethercutt

Citations

• 14 Wash. 582
• 45 P. 44
• 1896 Wash. LEXIS 414

Syllabus

<p>SHERIFF — LIABILITY OF SURETIES ON BOND FOR UNLAWFUL LEVY-MEASURE OF DAMAGES.</p> <p>Sureties ou a sheriff’s bond are liable for bis mistake in taking the goods of a stranger under process, when attempting, in discharge of his duty, to take those of the person named in the process.</p> <p>The value of the property, without any allowance for personal humiliation or sense of wrong is the measure of damages for an unlawful taking of property by an officer without any malice or desire to oppress.</p>