Shacklett v. Kershner

Opinion of the Court.

THIS was an action of detinue, brought by the appellee in the circuit court, to recover from the appellant a negro girl. The trial was had on the general issue, and a verdict and judgment recovered by the appellee. .

Statement of the case.

The appellant claimed the girl by purchase from Armstead Churchill, who purchased her at a sale made by the sheriff of Hardin county, under an execution which issued from the clerk’s office of the Hardin circuit court, against the estate of John M’Gee and John Percefull, upon a judgment which George and Jacob Lindenberger recovered…