RITTER v. CASTELLINI


173 N.J. Super. 509 (1980)

414 A.2d 614

THEODORE HENRY RITTER, COURT-APPOINTED RECEIVER FOR BENJAMIN BOYMANN AND ROSALINE BOYMANN, T/A LEVENSON'S MARKET, PLAINTIFF, v. GEORGE P. CASTELLINI, SHERIFF OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, DEFENDANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division — Cumberland County.

Decided March 18, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isaac I. Serata for plaintiff and Theodore H. Ritter, plaintiff pro se.

Glenn R. Gronlund for defendant (Horn, Kaplan, Goldberg & Gorny, attorneys).


MILLER, J.S.C.

This is a motion for summary judgment by defendant sheriff. The question presented is whether a sheriff may be held liable for the theft and destruction of property upon which he has levied pursuant to a writ of attachment.

Plaintiff is the court-appointed receiver for Benjamin Boymann and Rosaline Boymann, trading as Levenson's Market, defendants in a suit filed by the Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Bridgeton. On December 27, 1976 the...

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