Turner v. Parker

This is a contest in relation to the distribution of the proceeds of a piece of property belonging to James C, Parker, sold under execution in this' suit. This property, which was all that he owned, consisted of several lots of ground he had bought in suburb Saulet, in 1840, and on which he had erected a large ice house, at considerable expense. The controversy was opened by a rule taken by Amelia Parker, his wife, under article 301 of the Code of Practice, which provides that when the debtor has no other property to pay his debts, except that which has been seized, the sheriff may be…