Lockhart v. Harrell

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Preston, J.

Lockhart and Arrott held a twelve months’ bond against Eckley Harrell and Nettles, dated the 4th of February, 1843, for $5020. In September and November, 1843, Harrell, the most solvent obligor on the bond, purports to have sold his property by notarial acts to Hohgood.

In January, 1844, just before the bond became due, Lockhart and Arrott brought suit to annul the sales, on the ground that they were simulated; and attached the property. When the bond became due, they issued execution against the property, and Hohgood enjoined the sale of…