Crawford v. Jones

The” judgment of the court wasvprououncéd by

Rostf, J:

The plaintiff, alleging that he held a mortgage on-a slave'belong-ing to defendant; stt'ed out a writ of-sequestration, on the ground that he had r'eason to believe,-and did believe, that the slave was about to be removed out of the State, before he-could exercise his right of mortgage. The defendant moved1 to dissolve the sequestration on the ground ¿-that the facts alleged-in'the petition Were untrue; and that the plaintiff'had no-interest in- the claim-secured by the' mortgage on the slave- in his possession. Several witnesses were…