Reynolds v. Lansford

Hemphill, Ch. J.

The appellee, John Lansford, recovered on the 2d December, 1845, in the District Court of Houston county, a judgment against John W. Adkins, for three hundred and ninety-four dollars, principal and interest. An execution was issued to Grimes county on the 13th October, 1853, which, on the 29th of the same month, was levied on a negro woman named Tina, as the property of the said John W. Adkins. On the 1st November, 1853, T. H. M. Rogers, as Administrator of Emily W. Adkins, deceased, filed a claim to the said negro woman, as the property of the estate of the deceased.

The issue…