Gillespie v. Cammack

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Slidell, J.

This case presents a controversy between the plaintiffs and defendants, with regard to the distribution of the proceeds of a judicial sale of certain lands and slaves. Cammack Sf Co. (who act in this case for the use of Stetson Sf Avery, their transferrees,) obtained a judgment, in April, 1839, in Concordia, against Watson, which was recorded in June, 1840. In May, 1841, they instituted an action against Watson and Walker, alleging that a sale of the lands and slaves, of which the fund in controversy is the representative, made in…