Rabun v. Pierson

In 1860 W. H. Pierson sold to Hodge Rabun a plantation, slaves and movables attached, for the sum of $29,600, and gave for the price ñve notes of $5000 each, and one note of $4600, falling due respectively in March of the years 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865 and 1866. The two notes which matured iu 1861 and 1862 were paid. In September, 1865, Pierson obtained an order of seizure and sale on the four remaining notes. , Rabun enjoined the sale on various grounds, and among others that the land and movables included in the sale were worth but $9300; that the value of the slaves was $19,300; that…