Richards v. Kirkpatrick
Richards v. Kirkpatrick
Opinion of the Court
One of the defendants, Olcese, having obtained a judgment against Ivy, caused an execution to be issued, and the other defendant, as a Constable, levied the execution upon the personal property in controversy, as the property of Ivy, and is about to sell the same in satisfaction of the execution. Two days after the levy, the plaintiff commenced an action of claim and delivery against the Constable for the recovery of the property, and, as alleged in the complaint in this action, process was issued, by virtue of which the Sheriff took possession of the property. This action was instituted to restrain the sale of the property under the execution above mentioned, and was brought two days after the action of claim and delivery.
A party is not entitled to an injunction in a case where he has a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law. (Leach v. Day,
Order reversed and cause remanded.
Reference
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- W. FRED. RICHARDS v. D. S. KIRKPATRICK and ANDREW OLCESE
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- When Injunction not Allowable.βA party is not entitled to an injunction in a case where he has a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy at law. Replevin as a Remedy.βAn action of claim and delivery, instituted hy such party, in which the Sheriff has taken and is holding the possession of the property, is a plain, speedy, and adequate remedy as against a threatened sale of the property hy a Constable, from whose possession it was taken hy the Sheriff.