Mills v. Talbott

Citations

• 63 Kan. 14
• 64 P. 964
• 1901 Kan. LEXIS 81

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Replevin — Justification by an Officer. A sheriff who seeks to justify a seizure of property under process in an action brought against him by a stranger to the writ, who claims title anterior to the levy, must show, if he acted under an execution, that it was issued on a valid judgment, and, if under a writ of attachment, that the party at whose suit it issued was a creditor of the defendant named therein.</p>