Farrar v. . Hamilton

A writ was sued out, from the county court of Rockingham by one Gains against Nicholas Larrimore, returnable to August Term, 1791, and continued from thence until February Term, 1794, when judgment was rendered for the plaintiff.

A writ of fieri facias then issued against the chattels and lands of the said Nicholas, upon which writ the sheriff made a return in these words, "levied on lands, and sold for ten pounds."(106) The plaintiff then produced a deed from the sheriff to William Lacey, dated 3rd February, 1795, and another from the said Lacey to the plaintiff.

The title set up by the…