Sherman v. Carville
Sherman v. Carville
Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
Proceedings supplementary to execution. Judgment for the appellee, who was the plaintiff below. The sole ground on which the appellants predicate their appeal is that the finding and judgment of the court is not supported by sufficient evidence. The only respect in which it is claimed that the evidence is defective is in this: that it was not shown that Sherman, the judgment defendant, had no leviable property out of which the judgment could have been made, nor that the appellant, Jones, had money or credits in his hands belonging to said Sherman.
On the first point it is sufficient to say that it was proven that an execution issued on the judgment had been returned “ nulla bona,” and by sections 518 and 522 of the code, such return is sufficient to entitle the judgment plaintiff to prosecute the proceedings supplementary to execution therein provided.
In reference to the second point, the fact was admitted in the pleadings and needed no proof. The complaint showed that in a certain suit for the partition of real estate of which said Sherman
The alleged assignment to Dali was, on its face, null and void, as against Sherman’s creditors, because voluntary and made in trust for the benefit of Sherman’s children; and neither by their answers nor by proof did the appellants show that the remainder of the $3,000 coming to Sherman from the proceeds of said sale, after discharging the liens thereon, and paying the costs of the procedure, had been paid out before the commencement of this action, either to Sherman or his said assignee. The answer of Jones showed that $1,500 of the price for which the sale was made, had not been collected, and of that sum, upon all the facts, as shown without dispute in the complaint and answers, it is manifest that an amount would remain of Sherman’s share greater than the sum found due the plaintiff on his judgment. The proof also showed that Sherman was not a householder, and was, therefore, not entitled to an exemption.
Judgment affirmed with costs.
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