Dozier v. Lewis
Mississippi Supreme Court
On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. W. B. Dozier filed his bill against Lewis, Lane, and Collins, charging that on the 7th of May, 1839, the Mississippi and Alabama Railroad Company, use of Moffit, recovered a judgment in Jasper circuit court, against said Lewis as principal, and said Dozier and others as sureties, on a note for $1,000; that the defendants to the bill .confederated together to defraud complainant, and compel him to…
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On appeal from the superior court of chancery; Hon. Stephen Cocke, chancellor. W. B. Dozier filed his bill against Lewis, Lane, and Collins, charging that on the 7th of May, 1839, the Mississippi and Alabama Railroad Company, use of Moffit, recovered a judgment in Jasper circuit court, against said Lewis as principal, and said Dozier and others as sureties, on a note for $1,000; that the defendants to the bill .confederated together to defraud complainant, and compel him to pay said judgment, and to that end contrived that the slaves of Lewis should be run off from said county, when subject…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Handy
The substance of the bill in this case is, that a judgment was rendered in the circuit court of Jasper county, at May term, 1839, against Pierson Lewis, principal, and Dozier, his surety, on which Dozier executed a forthcoming bond, which was forfeited on the 11th of May, 1840, and afterwards paid the judgment; that after the judgment,- and in the summer of 1839, Lewis had certain slaves and other property in that county, but for some reason not known the sheriff refused to levy upon them at Dozier’s request; that some time in the summer of 1839 Lewis fraudulently ran off the slaves and other…
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