Legal Opinion

Thornton v. Boyd

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1853PublishedCited by 8 opinions

In error from'the circuit court of Marshall county; Hon. Hugh R. Miller, judge. On the 22d day of March, 1839, Plowell & McKendree recovered a judgment in Marshall circuit court, against Bour-land & Early, and Daniel McNeill, for the sum of $2,292.25. An execution was issued upo.n this judgment, and levied upon property of McNeill, who gave a forthcoming bond, with James Davis as security, and this bond was forfeited on the 5th day of August, 1839. An execution issued upon…

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In error from'the circuit court of Marshall county; Hon. Hugh R. Miller, judge. On the 22d day of March, 1839, Plowell & McKendree recovered a judgment in Marshall circuit court, against Bour-land & Early, and Daniel McNeill, for the sum of $2,292.25. An execution was issued upo.n this judgment, and levied upon property of McNeill, who gave a forthcoming bond, with James Davis as security, and this bond was forfeited on the 5th day of August, 1839. An execution issued upon the office judgment on the forfeited bond, on the 26th of September, 1839. It does not appear that any proceedings were…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yerger

At the general election held on the 1st and 2d days of November, 1841, Wyatt Eppes was elected sheriff of Marshall county. On the 29th day of September, 1843, a venditioni exponas in the case of Howell & McKendree v. Bourland & Early et al. came into his hands, commanding him to sell a certain tract of land named therein, and on the 6th day of *603November, 1843, he sold the land, and Hamilton Thornton, then the owner of the judgment, became the purchaser. At the general election, held on the 6th and 7th of November, 1843, Eppes was reelected sheriff of Marshall county, and held the office till…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. J. L. Hammett Co. v. Alfred Peats Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
  2. Byrne & Speed Coal Co. v. City of LouisvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
  3. Knode v. BaldridgeIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
  4. Reusch v. City of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Cooper v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1949

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