Allison v. Brookshire

Appellant brought this suit against the appellee to recover a certain mule alleged to have been unlawfully seized by the latter, and for damages for the wrongful detention of the same. The defense set up is that the animal was lawfully seized, under and by virtue of a writ of execution which issued from a justice’s court, to satisfy a judgment rendered in said court against the plaintiff below. A judgment having been rendered against the plaintiff in the District Court, he has appealed.

It was claimed in the court below, and is insisted upon . here, that the animal seized by the appellee was…