Hendron v. Robinson

Judge Gkaiiam

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On the 7th September, 1839, Robinson exhibited his bill in the Lincoln Circuit Court against John Colvin, charging the defendant with having stolen from the plaintiff about $831, and because of Colvin’s having no property except a tract of land in Washington county; prayed for a decree subjecting that tract to the payment of his demand, and, in the meantime, to enjoin Colvin from selling or disposing of the land. The process was served on Colvin 21st June 1843, and a decree rendered appointing a Commissioner to sell the land. The land was sold…