2 La. Ann. 487 | La. | 1847
The judgment of the court was pronounced by
This is a petitoiy action, in which the plaintiff seeks to recover twenty-five slaves, which he alleges were adjudicated to him at the probate sale of the property of J. H. Sims, deceased. The defendant avers title in himself under a marshal’s sale, made in virtue of an order of seizure and sale issued from the District Court of the United States. The plaintiff’s demand was rejected in the court below, and he has appealed.
From this statement it is manifest that the adjudication to' the plaintiff was of a litigious right. A litigation, extremely irregular it is true, in many respects, was, at the date of the adjudication, pending between the creditor’s of Sims and the defendant Moody, who possessed and claimed title in virtue of a judicial sale. The plaintiff was at the time of his purchase a practising attorney, and could only acquire such a right under the pain of nullity. C. Code, arts. 2422, 2623, 3522, no. 22. Copley v. Lambeth, 1 Ann. R. 316.
Judgment affirmed.