Price v. Boyd

A fieri facias in favor of Price against Boyd, was levied on a slave (George) in Boyd’s possession, and was sold to satisfy the execution. Afterwards, the administrators of John Parks, deceased, brought an action of tro-ver against Price, and the purchaser under the execution,, and the sheriff who sold the slave.

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They pleaded Price’s judgment and execution and the sale under the execution, and averred, that the slave had been delivered to Boyd by the intestate .(his father in law,) upon loan, more than five years prior to the levy; that…