450.     The  officer  may  always  be  held  liable  as  a  trespasser  for  its
full  value,  notAvithstanding  the  pendency,  and  without  reference  to
the  suit  in  which  the  attachment  was  made.     The  liability  is  ex-


374  CARRIERS   OF   GOODS.
pressly  recognized  in  the  closing  paragraph  of  the  opinion  of  Mr.
Justice  Nelson.  See  also  Buck  v.  Colbath,  3  Wallace,  334.  It
does  not  appear,  from  the  report,  how  far,  if  at  all,  the  decision  in
Stiles  V.  Davis  was  affected  by  the  fact  that  the  carrier  was  made  a
party  to  the  proceedings,  as  garnishee.
