Highlander v. Fluke

The plaintiff states, that the defendant, Vernon, sheriff of his parish, has illegally taken three of his slaves, on an execution issued in a cause, in which the defendant Fluke waS plaintiff, and one Howard, defendant. The answer, after a general denial, avers that the slaves property siezed as the property of Howard. *443There was a verdict and judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff appealed.

East'n District. March, 1818.

The record is accompanied by a statement of facts, and the plaintiff and appellant has filed an assignment of errors.

The statement of facts apprises us, that at the…