Couts v. Spivey
Couts v. Spivey
Opinion of the Court
The First National Bank, by the prior levy of its writ of attachment, acquired the right to have its judgment first satisfied out of the proceeds of sale of the attached property, unless appellant had a landlord’s lien upon the property before the writ of attachment was levied. The bank was not a party
The appellant did not by proof establish a prior lien upon the property. The property, the proceeds of which were in suit, was levied upon in the bank’s case as the property of Horn & Smith. The appellant’s writ was against Horn alone. There was no proof by appellant, who occupied in the proceeding below the position of plaintiff, of the ownership of the property, or that Horn had more than a nominal interest in it.
Considering all the evidence tending to support the appellant’s case, and none on the other side, the judgment rendered is the only one that could be sustained. The other questions raised by the assignments need not, therefore, be considered. The judgment is affirmed.
Affirmed.
[Opinion delivered May 18, 1886.]
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