Thornhill v. Gilmer
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error, from the Madison circuit court. This was a suit for the trial of the right of property in two slaves, Abraham and Rheno, in the court below, between the plaintiff in error, claimant, and the defendants in error, who were the plaintiff in the execution.
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In error, from the Madison circuit court. This was a suit for the trial of the right of property in two slaves, Abraham and Rheno, in the court below, between the plaintiff in error, claimant, and the defendants in error, who were the plaintiff in the execution. In May, 1838, Gilmer & Webb recovered a judgment, in the Madison circuit court, against Samuel Thornhill, for $548 04|. Execution issued upon this judgment, and was levied upon the property of Samuel Thornhill; a forthcoming bond was given and forfeited on the 15th October, 1838; upon the forfeited bond, on the 16th of March, 1842, an…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Teacher
This was writ of error to the circuit court of Madison county. In a trial of the right of property in two slaves, the following facts were admitted to be the state of the case. The defendants in error were the plaintiffs in execution, issued upon a judgment obtained by them against one Samuel Thornhill, in the circuit court of Madison county, in May, 1838, upon which a forth*162coming bond was given, after the forfeiture of which, in October following, an execution was issued, and upon the 10th of March, 1842, levied upon the slaves in question as the property of Samuel Thornhill, which are now…
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