Dunlap v. Sims
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL Appeal from the District Court of Madison, Curry, J. Sims recovered a judgment against Gray, on a joint note executed by Day and Gray, given for the purchase of a tract of land. Dunlap purchased the land at sheriff’s sale, on twelvemonths’ credit, and entered into bond, as required by the statute in such cases.
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APPEAL Appeal from the District Court of Madison, Curry, J. Sims recovered a judgment against Gray, on a joint note executed by Day and Gray, given for the purchase of a tract of land. Dunlap purchased the land at sheriff’s sale, on twelvemonths’ credit, and entered into bond, as required by the statute in such cases. Sims had an execution issued on his judgment against Gray, as stated in the opinion of the court infra, under which the sheriff seized the land and advertised it for sale, and the plaintiff enjoined the proceedings. From a judgment dissolving the injunction with damages, the…
1Opinion of the Court
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
King, J.
F. Sims, the defendant in this action, obtained a judgment against IV. Gray, and, in virtue of & fieri facias issued thereon, certain lands described in that judgment were seized, which, failing 1;o produce two-thirds of their appraised value on the first exposure, were sold on a ei-edit of twelve months, and adjudicated to H. W. Dunlap, the plaintiff, who gave his bond with surety, for the price, with five per cent interest. Several months after the maturity of the bond, Sims caused an execution to issue thereon, direcliogthe sheriff to make…
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