Patterson v. Clark

The contest, in this case arose under a rule issued at the instance of J. S. Patterson against the sheriff, requiring him to show cailse why he should not, out of a certain fund realized from the sale of land as the property of J. IP. Patterson, made under; a fi. fa. issued on a judgment rendered in the superior court'dn favor of Clark against J. H. Patterson, pay certain justice’s court executions of older date than the Clark execution. Upon the hearing, J. S. Patterson based his right to the fund upon an execution in favor of W. L. Whitman, administrator, etc., against J. IP. Patterson and…