Griffin v. Chadwick
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Austin. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. 28th May, 1872, Louisa A. Griffin, joined with her bus-band, John A. Griffin, obtained an injunction from the district judge restraining the sale of certain blocks and lots in the town of Hempstead, alleged to be the separate property of the said Louisa, levied on under an execution issued to collect a judgment in favor of John N. Chadwick v. John T. Griffin and J. M. De Lyon, tor $665.75. At November Term,…
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Appeal from Austin. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. 28th May, 1872, Louisa A. Griffin, joined with her bus-band, John A. Griffin, obtained an injunction from the district judge restraining the sale of certain blocks and lots in the town of Hempstead, alleged to be the separate property of the said Louisa, levied on under an execution issued to collect a judgment in favor of John N. Chadwick v. John T. Griffin and J. M. De Lyon, tor $665.75. At November Term, 1872, the case being called for trial, the plaintiffs appeared by attorney and stated that they would prosecute no…
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought by Louisa A. Griffin, joined by her husband, John T. Griffin, to enjoin the sale of certain lots in the town of Hempstead, under an execution on a judgment in favor of appellee, John N. Chadwick, against said John T. Griffin and one J. M. De Lyon. Mrs. Griffin was not a party to or in any way bound by the judgment on which the execution levied on the lots issued, and as John T. Griffin is not a party to this suit in his own right, or to protect any interest of his own, but merely to enable his wife to assert her right to the property levied on as…
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