Brashear v. Dwight

The plaintiff alleges that, on the 9th December, 1844, the Sheriff of the parish of St. Mary, in virtue of an adjudication made under a writ of fieri facias, issued from the First District Court of New Orleans, in favor of Jas. C. Wilkins, and against the plaintiff, sold the property described in the petition to H C. Dwight.

The plaintiff alleges that it was a condition of said sale that the purchaser should, in addition to the amount of his hid, pay a sum sufficient to discharge the privileges and special mortgages on his property, amounting to the sum of $8063 41.

Petitioner avers that he has…