Atchison v. Taliaferro County

Taliaferro County sued out a distress warrant for-rent against Gray Barksdale, which was levied on a bale of cotton,, and a claim to the cotton was interposed by J. W. Atchison. The case was tried, and a verdict and judgment were rendered in favor of the plaintiff. The claimant made a motion for new trial, and the exception is to the overruling of the motion. The issue sub mitted to the jury was whether or not the claimant obtained the bale of cotton free from the lien of the plaintiff in the distress warrant. It appears from the evidence that the land on which the cotton was grown was sold…