Johnson v. M'Lane

— Trial of the right of property taken on execution, on the claim of Johnson against M‘Lane the execution-creditor. Cause appealed to the Circuit Court. Verdict and judgment for the defendant.

The facts are as follows: M‘Lane recovered a judgment against one Swope in the Decatur Circuit Court, and, on the 13th of June, 1842, caused an execution to be issued thereon, which, on the same day, was delivered to the sheriff, who made no indorsement of the time of delivery upon it; on the 29th of August of the same year, the sheriff levied the execution on a mare, a bay horse, and a sorrel horse, as…