Matthews v. McElroy

This is a suit in the nature of replevin begun in the Louisiana court of common pleas to recover the possession of a certain carriage. On the trial of the cause defendant obtained judgment, and plaintiff brings the case to this court by writ of error, and seeks a reversal thereof upon alleged errors of the court in giving and refusing instructions.

It appears from the record before us that T. G. Stark and J. N. Jump were the administrators of the estate of W. C. Duncan, deceased, and on the 13th day of August, 1878, had a public sale of the personal property of said estate; that the carriage…