A negro, whose life was forfeited to the public for murder, was sold under execution without that fact being then known. A bill in equity by the purchaser praying to stand in the place of the judgment creditors for the amount of the purchase money was sustained by the Court.
And now this cause came on to be tried, and the demurrer being argued:
ASHE and WILLIAMS, JJ.
We are clearly of opinion that the facts stated are proper for the jurisdiction of this Court, and, if true, that the plaintiff is entitled to relief agreeably to the prayer of this bill. Whereupon a decree was entered accordingly.