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BROWN v. CLARKE

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45 U.S. 4 (1846)

4 How. 4

11 L.Ed. 850

JAMES BROWN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN CLARKE, DEFENDANT.

Supreme Court of United States.

January 12, 1846.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Chalmers and Mr. Johnson, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Mason and Mr. Milton Brown, for the defendant. Of these arguments, the reporter has no notes except of Mr. Brown's.

John Clarke, the defendant in error, brought his action of trover against James Brown, the plaintiff in error,

Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

By the law of the State of Mississippi, a judgment is a lien upon the personal as well as real property of the defendant, from the time of its rendition (Smith et al. v. Everly et al., 4 How. 178; Commercial Bank of Manchester v. Coroner of Yazoo County, 6 How. 350); and if the first judgment obtained by Brown against Cozart could be upheld against...

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