Smith v. Berwick

The plaintiff alleges that, in the month of April, 1841, he obtained a judgment in the District Court of St. Mary against Benjamin M. Mayes, one of the present defendants, for $7869, 74, with interest and costs. That on the 28th. of April, an execution was issued on said judgment, and, by the sheriff *21of the parish, levied on a number of slaves, which were duly-advertised for sale in the month of June, 1S41. He further says, that the said Mayes, with the intention to cheat and defraud him out of his debt and legal rights, a few days before the day of sale, caused said slaves to be secretly and…