74 Me. 48
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 30, 1882
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1882-06-30
On report. Agreed statement. Trespass against the sheriff for the act of the deputy in taking and selling plaintiff’s double wagon and hay-rack. The statement shows that on the twenty-third day of August, 1879, Selden Morton and Charles A. Luce owned the wagon and rack, each owning one undivided half.
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Decided 1882-06-30
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¶1The lien acquired by the attachment was lost by the neglect to retain possession of the property attached.
¶2The property attached was easily removeable. The case is not within E. S.,.c. 81, § 24.
¶3If the attachment was valid, it was but the attachment of the interest of only one co-tenant. The sale of the whole property was wrongful.
¶4Judgment for plaintiff.