HORSE SEIZED BY BAILIFF

Taranaki Daily News, 11 August 1932, Page 5

HORSE SEIZED BY BAILIFF

HIS RIGHT ATTACKED IN COURT.

SUGGESTED SALE OF ANIMAL.

By Telegraph.— Press Association.

Hastings, Last Night.. Judgment was reserved in a case in which the ownership of the racehorse Imperial Fame was in dispute. The case involved the seizure of the horse by the bailiff under a distress warrant' issued by Leonard Wilmot Howard against H. Corlett and another' to satisfy a claim for £134 15s. When the horse was seized complications arose, it being alleged that the horse had been sold to Alfred Cec “ Russell and was therefore wrongfully

seized. The proceedings really concerned an inter-plea by the bailiff to determine, the ownership. The evidence was that Mrs. Corlett sold the horse to Russell for £4O on the evening of the day on which the warrant came into the hands of the .bailiff who, because of pressure of work, did not attempt to execute it until the following morning, when he found the horse had changed hands. Russell claimed that he had made the purchase in good faith and denied that he knew the warrant was issued.