Sheldon v. New Orleans Canal & Banking Co.

Varnum Sheldon recovered in the court below a judgment against the Canal Bank for $ 1,000, from which an appeal was taken. Pending this appeal, Hunt and Servis, who were judgment creditors of Sheldon for a larger amount, issued an execution on the 3d of December, 1842, under which it appears that this judgment was seized and advertised for sale, but the sale was stayed, by order of the plaintiffs in the suit, and the writ was returned into court, on the third Monday in January, 1843. On the 12th of May following, Cook and Barrett, other judgment creditors of Sheldon, levied an execution on…