Anderson v. Smith

This was a trial of the right of property seized on execution. The property claimed was taken from the possession of the claimant by virtue of a fieri facias, issued by the defendants on the 7th of January, 1839, against the goods and chattels of Roswell & Ruch. Ruch and Anderson were partners in a mercantile establishment on the 24th of September, 1838, on which day they dissolved, and Ruch sold to Anderson his entire interest in the partnership goods. Anderson, in consideration thereof, obligated himself to pay to one B. W. Gantley, a creditor of the late firm of Roswell & Ruch, the sum of…