Towne v. Couch

The judgment of the court (Eustis, C. J. absent,) was pronounced by

Rost, J.

The plaintiff has enjoined an execution upon a twelve months’ bond given by him in the suit of Bruner, Morgan and Markham v. Lee, for the purchase of an undivided half interest in certain sections of land seized in that suit as the property of Lee. The grounds of injunction insisted upon in this court are : First, that the plaintiffs in execution have no interest or property in the debt, having long since transferred it to the firm of Martin, Pleasants 8f Co. Second, that since the purchase of the property by the…