Court of Appeals of Kentucky December 9, 1850 (Bourne v. Hocker)

Chief Justice Marshall

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was an action of replevin brought by Bourne, a Constable, against Hocker, a Deputy Sheriff of Madison county, for three slaves which the plaintiff, as Constable, had taken under several common law attachments against one James, to whom they belonged, but which the defendant as Sheriff, levied on and took out of the plaintiff’s