Bemiss v. Dwight

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, J.

Under an execution in favor of Dwight Sf Hartman against the plaintiff’s husband, she became the purchase}- at sheriff’s sale of certain slaves then belonging to him, and gave her twelve months’ bond, bearing ten per cent interest. She failed to pay her bond,"execution was issued, and she enjoined the writ in the present suit.

The first ground of injunction was that, since her purchase her husband’s title to the slaves had been adjudged void by the District Court of Madison, in the suit of Dupuy v. Bemiss. This was true, but before the…