Barnes v. Moseley

1. A verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in an action of trover, although rendered for a sum of money and not for the property in controversy, constitute an adjudication of the plaintiff’s title to the property; and the debt thus created against the defendant is not dischargeable in bankruptcy. The verdict and judgment are conclusive as to the plaintiff’s title, and the character of the title cannot be inquired into by affidavit of illegality. The defendant’s discharge in bankruptcy is no ground of illegality to the levy of an execution issued on the judgment. See Citizens Bank v. Mullis;…