Stevens v. Mangum
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the circuit court of Yazoo county ; Hon. R. Barnett, judge. The facts are contained in the opinion of the court and the briefs of counsel.
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On appeal from the circuit court of Yazoo county ; Hon. R. Barnett, judge. The facts are contained in the opinion of the court and the briefs of counsel. The record in this case raises the question, Is the judgment of a justice of the peace a lien upon the property of the defendant without the county where rendered? And if so, Is it a lien in • the hands of the vendee of the defendant’s vendee, purchasing without notice in another county ? Can an execution issue from a magistrate, directed to the sheriff of another county, and where the defendant in execution did not reside, and was not in…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Smith
It appears that two judgments were rendered against William Dinkins, in a magistrate’s court in Holmes county, on which executions .were issued, directed to the sheriff, or any constable *485in the county of Yazoo. These executions were levied upon a certain horse as the property of the said Dinkins. Stevens, the plaintiff in error, sued out a writ of replevin against the officer who made the levy, and upon giving bond as required by the statute, the officer having failed to do so, the property was delivered to him. An issue was made up in the cause and submitted to the jury, who found for the…
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