Wafer v. Pratt

Plaintiff enjoined the execution of a writ of fieri facias under which the sheriff of the parish of Claiborne had seized and was proceeding to sell a negro man named Jim, as belonging- to Joel Wafer, against whom defendant had obtained a judgment; he alleges that for several years past he has had the actual and quiet possession of the boy, and that he is the legal and equitable owner of him. The defendant moved the court that plaintiff be ruled to prove the allegations in his petition, and upon failure thereof that the injunction he dissolved with damages. The sheriff pleaded the general…