Morgan v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.

Citations

• 66 Wash. 649
• 120 P. 106
• 1912 Wash. LEXIS 824

Syllabus

<p>Sheriffs- — False Return — Liability — Defenses — Estoppel. A sheriff and his official bondsmen are not liable for making a false return of service whereby judgment of divorce was wrongfully obtained against a wife, where the wife, when presently informed of the divorce, did not move to set it aside, but entered into a contract for the payment of alimony referable to the decree, and only sought to hold the sheriff where after some years the husband failed to make the payments for her support.</p>