Atwood v. Meredith
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Yazoo county. Hon. E. G. Henry, judge. The plaintiff in error having recovered a judgment against Y. T. Meredith, sought to procure satisfaction of the same, by the levy of the execution on a lot of groceries and produce.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Yazoo county. Hon. E. G. Henry, judge. The plaintiff in error having recovered a judgment against Y. T. Meredith, sought to procure satisfaction of the same, by the levy of the execution on a lot of groceries and produce. Mrs. Meredith, the wife of Y. T. Meredith, made the usual claimant’s affidavit, and entered into bond to buy the right to the property levied on; and on the return of the execution bond and affidavit the following issue was made up:— “ The plaintiff comes and says, that the property levied upon, and mentioned in the return on the execution, was…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
The plaintiff in error obtained a judgment in the Circuit Court of Yazoo county against V. T. Meredith, on which judgment execution was issued and served on a “ lot of produce and groceries in the house of Ranney, Grubbs & Co., as the property of the defendant Meredith.”
Adeline Meredith, the wife of defendant in execution, interposed her claim under the statute, and issue was joined as to whether the property levied on was subject to the execution.
A jury was empanelled to try said issue, who found a verdict for the claimant, and the case comes to this court on bill of exception filed to the…
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