AELE LAW LIBRARY OF CASE SUMMARIES:
Civil Liability
of Law Enforcement Agencies & Personnel


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Other Misconduct: Property Sale

     Sheriff, deputy and sheriff's department could be liable for wrongfully seizing property of tavern owner while executing a levy on a judgment debtor Bethel v. Dunipace, 57 Ohio App. 3d 89, 566 N.E.2d 1252 (1988).
     Sheriff can be sued for alleged improper seizure and sale without notice of property not belonging to judgment debtor Battle v. Harris, 766 S.W.2d 431 (Ark 1989).

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