Lanier v. Bank of Portal

An execution in favor of Bank of Portal - against James A. Lanier, based upon a judgment rendered May 19, 1926, was levied upon a certain bale of cotton and twenty acres of cotton and ten acres of corn in the field. It appears from the entry of levy, dated September 18, 1926, that said property was “levied on as the property of James A. Lanier and in his possession.” On the day the levy was made, Mrs. Lula Lanier, the wife of James A. Lanier, filed her claim to the property. After claimant and plaintiff in fi. fa. had both introduced evidence, the court directed a verdict finding the property…