WINANS, Justice.
This is an action to amerce the Day County Sheriff and his deputy for failure to levy against property after receipt of a writ of execution delivered to the deputy. The trial court found in favor of the defendants and we affirm.
An amercement is a money penalty in the nature of a fine imposed upon an officer for some misconduct or neglect of duty. It is a statutory proceeding and must be strictly construed. Stein v. Scanlan, 1912, 34...
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