Jackson's Admr. v. Sublett

Judge Gh ah a ji

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On the 7th oí January, 1846, Samuel D. Sublett executed to Mary Jackson, executrix of John Jackson, deceased, his note for $380, due twelve months after date. The payee died, and in 1848 Francis W. Jackson, a son of her intestate, brought an action and obtained a judgment at law, upon which an execution issued, and was levied by the Sheriff upon a negro man named Daniel. Mrs. Margaret Subtlett, the wife of the defendant, claimed the negro as her property, and a jury empaneled by the Sheriff to try the right of property, found *468a verdict that…