Mercer v. Hooker
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from a judgment of tbe Circuit Court for nillsborougb County. The facts of tbe case are sufficiently stated in tbe opinion of tbe Court.
1Opinion of the Court
SEMMES, J.:
In this case, an execution in favor of William B< Hooker *278against Edward T. Kendrick, issued in 184Y, was levied on a horse, as the property of the defendant, and to which the ajapellant, John Mercer, interposed his claim.
Upon the trial of the issue in tbe Court below, the following facts appeared in evidence: In 1850, Kendrick purchased a bay horse of one Hagler, who at the request of Kendrick, executed a bill of sale to the wife of the latter.
Some few months thereafter, Kendrick traded this horse for the one in controversy, and shortly after sold the latter to one Cowart, who…
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