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