Norton v. Hood

In this case a motion has been filed to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction, for the reason that the decree of the district court is not final. Rev. St. § 631. The record shows that in 1866 one Govey Hood, being the owner of certain plantations, confessed judgment in favor of Henry Frellson for a large sum; that on the judgment so confessed execution was taken out, and in 1868, in September, the plantations were sold by the sheriff and adjudicated to Frellson as the purchaser; that in December, 1868, Hood went into bankruptcy and was discharged therein, January, 1871; that after…