Jenkins v. Felton

The plaintiff enjoined the execution of an order of seizure and sale against a tract of land and two slaves, by him mortgaged to the defendant.' He alleges that, on the 25th of August, 1839, Michael E. Davis sold to him the said land, for $2,000 cash ; that, by the act of sale, Davis subrogated him to all the rights he might then have affecting the title to said property; that, at the time of this sale, Davis was in possession of and owned this land, which he purchased from the government of the United States, in 1839; that Felton, being present at the land sales of that year, loaned to Davis…