Johnson v. Murphy

The material facts to be collected from the record in this case are, that the present appellees had brought suit against one Murphy and the Harveys, upon a note of hand given to them as administrators of Thomas Murphy, in which suit they allege that the note was given as the purchase money of a negro boy sold by them to Walter M. Murphy. They set out in their petition, that for the purpose of securing the payment of the sum mentioned in the note sued on, Walter M. Murphy had made and executed a mortgage on the said boy, and they pray for a judgment for the amount of the note and *217interest, and…