Smith v. Ragsdale

Ragsdale recovered judgment, before a justice of the peace, against Smith, for the possession of a pony, but if not delivered, for forty dollars, its value, and twelve dollars and fifty cents, damages for its detention.

An execution was issued on the judgment, and levied on personal property, and the defendant filed with the justice a schedule of property claimed by him as exempt from execution, including that levied on, and asked a supersedeas against the sale. The justice refused to issue a supersedeas, and from such refusal the defendant appealed to the circuit court — giving an appeal-bond…