Wilson v. Loomis

The defendants in error claim to have purchased the property in question from Mrs. ¡Rosette ¡Roe. At the time they purchased the property there was an execution in the hands of the sheriff issued on a valid judgment, in favor of Jonathan Abel and against Cornwell S. Roe. Soon after the property came into the possession of the defendants, it was seized and taken out of their possession by the deputy sheriff, one of the plaintiffs in error, by virtue of the said execution, and thereupon the defendants in error instituted this suit to recover the possession of the property.

The principal question…