Simpson v. Hope

The plaintiff appeals from the decree dissolving- the injunction sued out by him to restrain the execution of a judgment obtained in the district court of the parish of DeSoto, by Samuel Van''* Bibber, against him, on the ground that there was no citation, and because of the alleged slave consideration of the note on which the judgment was based.

Our attention is directed to the bill of exceptions taken by the plaintiff to the ruling of the court in rejecting- the parol evidence *558offered, by him to prove that said judgment was rendered without citation, and that the return of the sheriff was…