Woodruff v. Wilkinson

Jackson, Chief Justice.

[A fi.fa. in. favor of Wilkinson & Hatcher was levied on a horse as the property of Walter Woodruff, and a claim was interposed by his mother, Mrs. S. M. Woodruff. On the' trial, the evidence for the plaintiff was, in brief, as follows: Defendant in fi.fa. had possession, and was using the horse levied on, since the rendition of the judgment-He exchanged a mule with one Jones for this horse; said nothing about the mule not belonging to him.

The evidence for the claimant was, in brief, as follows : The mule which was exchanged for the horse- did not belong to defendant in…