Skinner v. . Skinner

The statement of this case, which was founded on the same transaction as the case last reported, Hollowell v. Skinner, ante, 165, was thus given by the presiding judge:

This was an action of trover for 700 barrels of corn. The plaintiff read in evidence six judgments, amounting, in all to $1,291, against William C. Skinner, taken at August Term, 1840, of Perquimans County Court, and executions thereon to November Term, and proved that a sale by the sheriff under these several executions in September, 1840, the plaintiff purchased the crop of corn at Old Neck, which the defendant afterwards…