Pulliam v. Osborne
Supreme Court of the United States
This case originated in the district court of the United States, for the middle district of Alabama, between Samuel Woodward, plaintiff in execution, and Amos Albritton, (claimant,) defendant, 'who were afterwards represented by their administrator and executor respectively.
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This case originated in the district court of the United States, for the middle district of Alabama, between Samuel Woodward, plaintiff in execution, and Amos Albritton, (claimant,) defendant, 'who were afterwards represented by their administrator and executor respectively. It was a contest as to the superior validity of executions issued out of a state court and a United States court, under the following circumstances: — Upon the trial, the court instructed the jury as follows, viz. On the case being submitted to the jury, the court charged the jury, that if the executions which issued on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
This was áñ issue in the-district court, under a statute of Alabama, (Clay’s Digest, 213, §§ 62, 64,) for the trial of the right to property taken under an execution from that court, in favor of the appellee, and claimed by the testator of the appellant, as belonging to him, and not to the defendant in the execution.
It appeared on the trial that, at the delivery of the execution to the marshal, in favor of the -appellee, the property belonged to the defendant, and that the levy was made before the return day of the writ; but that, before this levy, the property had been seized and sold to the…
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