Portis v. Parker
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Austin. Tried below before the Hon. Joseph O. Megginson. This suit was for the trial of the right of property in a wagon and stock of cattle, levied upon by virtue of an alias execution, issued from the District Court of Austin county, on the 28th of January, 1851. As appeared from the recitals in this execution, an original execution issued on the judgment, on the 7th day of December, 1849, which was levied upon three negroes, who were claimed by appellant, as…
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Appeal from Austin. Tried below before the Hon. Joseph O. Megginson. This suit was for the trial of the right of property in a wagon and stock of cattle, levied upon by virtue of an alias execution, issued from the District Court of Austin county, on the 28th of January, 1851. As appeared from the recitals in this execution, an original execution issued on the judgment, on the 7th day of December, 1849, which was levied upon three negroes, who were claimed by appellant, as her separate property, and bond was given by her to try the right of property to said negroes. The record did not show…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
This case involves the following facts. On the 23d day of October, 1849, the appellee, Parker, recovered a judgment, in the District Court for Austin county, against David Y. Portis. The judgment was upon a promissory note, given in settlement of a former judgment, recovered by the appellee against David Y. Portis, in the State of Alabama, prior to the year 1840. Execution issued upon the judgment recovered in Austin county in 1849, and was levied on four hundred and fifty head of cattle, (more or less) and a wagon.
The property levied on was claimed by Mrs. Rebecca Portis, the wife of David…
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