Bland v. Muncaster
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
IN error from the circuit court of Claiborne county; Hon. Stanhope Posey, judge. ' The record shows that M."W. Muncaster recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Claiborne county on the 29th of November, 1841, for the sum of $1,901.30 against P. Hoopes, S. Douglass, and Emeline Douglass, executors of James S. Douglass.
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IN error from the circuit court of Claiborne county; Hon. Stanhope Posey, judge. ' The record shows that M."W. Muncaster recovered a judgment in the circuit court of Claiborne county on the 29th of November, 1841, for the sum of $1,901.30 against P. Hoopes, S. Douglass, and Emeline Douglass, executors of James S. Douglass. An alias fi. fa. was issued March 19th, 1846, and on the same day delivered to the sheriff, who, on the 23d of that month, levied on . the negroes in controversy, who were claimed by Bland and wife, and issue made up to try the right of property. On the trial at the October…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fisher
This was an issue in the circuit court of Claiborne county between M. W. Bland and wife, as claimants, and C. W. Mun-caster, plaintiff, in execution, to try the right of property to certain slaves levied on by the sheriff of said county, by virtue of an execution emanating upon a judgment rendered in said *64court on the 29th of November, 1841, for $1,901.30, against Passmore Hoopes and Stephen Douglass, as executors, and Emeline Douglass, as executrix of the last will and testament of James S. Douglass, deceased. The execution appears to have issued on the 19th of February, 1846, and was a few…
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