Ex parte Hunt

The facts as disclosed by the application for mandamus, and the accompanying record, are, that "Wiley Cotton recovered in an action of trover against the appellants and one McMahan, sheriff of the county of Jackson, a judgment for one hundred and six dollars, for the conversion of a lot of plank. The conversion consisted in the levy and sale of the plank under execution against Cotton, he claiming the plank as exempt, and the applicants having indemnified, the sheriff to make the levy and sale. After the rendition of the judgment, the appellants moved to set-off against it to the extent of…