Morton & Hamner v. Valentine

Merrick, O. J.

At the November term of the Circuit Court of the Uuiled States for the Southern District of Mississippi, in the year 1841, the plaintiffs recovered judgment against the defendant for $5000, with eight per cent, interest thereon. The defendant changed his domicil to Louisiana about January 1st, 1846, but was in the habit of making frequent returns to Mississippi on business.

Iu 1850, the plaintiffs sued out a writ of scire facias upon the judgment, which was returned as to Valentine, the defendant, non est inventus. A second writ was issued in 1851, and returned executed September…