Bronston v. Robinson

Judge Marshall

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This was a motion to quash a sale under execution, on the ground, among others, that the slave which was sold, was not legally vendible under the execution; and the Court having quashed the sale, the only question which need be considered in revising that decision is, whether the slave, or any interest in him, was legally vendible under the execution. It appears that on the 30th of October, 1841, William Robinson, the plaintiff in the motion, mortgaged to Turner a tract of land and all his slaves, among which was Dave, the one now in question,…