Keith v. Johnson

The facts having been left to the jury, in this case, the only question to be considered by this court, is whether a Sheriff, having an execution under the statute of 1S28, has a right to make a forcible entry into the defendant’s house, to levy it on a slave, for which it had issued, on a judgment in detinue?

The twenty sixth section of the execution la>v of 1828, (Session Acts, page 159,) has provided, that — “When the plaintiff in detinue shall obtain judgment for any particular slave or slaves, or other thing, the clerk shall, at the request of the plaintiff or his attorney, issue an…