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OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. 183 TERM, 1871.1 Carroll v. Boyd et al. CARROLE v. BOYD.et CONFEDERATE. COURTS Action of, void.—All the proceedings of the courts of this Stae, aCting under "confederate authoritY, or dUring the rebellion, are void. .• APPEAL FRO4 ASHLEY CIRCUIT COURT, HON. HENRY B. MORSE, Circuit Judge. \ Garland & Na s ' h, for Appellant. GREGG; J.—F. A. Boyd recovered a judgment: against John Carroll, before a justice , of the peaCe, On the 26th day of Sep-tember, 1861, and on the '9th day of July, 1866, he filed a transcript thereof in the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court. An , execution . . having been issued by the justice, and returned Unsatisfied for the want of goods or chattels belonging to the defendant on . which to levy, the . clerk issued an execution tO the sheriff, and, the land of Carroll was levied upon and sold. At the return term, Carroll : filed a motion to set aside and vaCate the sale, and quash the execution; of which motion, the fIlaintiff and the' purchaser had notice. The court overniled the motion, and Carroll appealed. The decision in the cases of Penn v. Tollison, 26 Ark., 515, and Thompson v. Mankin, 26 Ark., 586, holding all proceedings, during the rebellion, of 'courts in the insurrectionary, parts of the State, void, are decisive of this case. The judgment of the- Circuit Court 'is 'therefore 'reversed, with instructions to set aside the sale and quash the execution.
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