Gwinn v. Smith

Jackson, Judge.

Gwinn obtained against Mitchell a judgment, founded on a debt prior to the constitution of 1868, dated in March, 1871. The execution issued thereon was levied on the 24th of May, 1873, upon a tract of land claimed by Smith. On the trial of this, claim, plaintiff introduced his execution, and showed possession in the defendant, Mitchell, since the date of the judgment, and a deed from Mitchell and wife to the claimant *146bearing date the 4th of February, 1873, also since the judgment, and thereupon closed his case The claimant introduced a tax execution against Mitchell, dated the…