Mississippi Supreme Court November 15, 1848 (Planters' Bank v. Black)

Mr. Justice Clayton

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a case involving the title to a number of slaves, and the question turns upon priority of lien.

The complainant, the Planters’ Bank of Tennessee, recovered a judgment in the circuit court of the United States at Jackson on the 14th May, 1842, against James Morton, and in the ensuing fall caused execution to be levied upon the slaves