Case Name: THOMAS KENT, Appellant, v. P. L. SOLOMON, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1856-01-22
Citations: 1 Cal. Unrep. 13
Docket Number: No. 963
Parties: THOMAS KENT, Appellant, v. P. L. SOLOMON, Respondent.
Judges: I concur: Terry, J.
Reporter: California Unreported Cases
Volume: 1
Pages: 13–14

Head Matter:
THOMAS KENT, Appellant, v. P. L. SOLOMON, Respondent.
No. 963;
January 22, 1856.
Execution — Liability of Sheriff. — The Owner of Property in the hands of one restrained by injunction from delivering it to him, in anticipation of a judgment of forfeiture, has, after such judgment, no action against the sheriff for levying on the property while in such hands.
APPEAL from Fifth Judicial District, Tuolumne County.
E. F. Hunter for appellant; H. P. Barber for respondent.

Opinion:
HEYDENFELDT, J.
— Under the agreed statement of the case no injustice has been done the plaintiff. It was certainly premature on the part of the sheriff to seize and detain the property before execution. But of this the plaintiff has no right to complain. It was in the custody of Adams & Co., who were under injunction against delivering it to anyone, especially to the plaintiff. They were liable for its safekeeping- and delivery to satisfy the judgment of the court issuing the injunction, and they alone had cause of complaint and a right of action for its forcible abstraction. The plaintiff had no right of possession and consequently no right of action. Subsequently, and before the commencement of this suit, judgments of forfeiture as to this property were rendered against the plaintiff, and upon executions issued thereon it was properly levied on and became in the rightful possession of the defendant.
Judgment affirmed.
I concur: Terry, J.