Byers v. Byers

Opinion by Me.

Chief Justice Schaffer,

The question presented is whether plaintiffs’ judgment, based upon the principal of a dower charge, shall be accepted by the sheriff, as a credit on the bid made by plaintiffs at the sale, on the judgment, of the property on which the dower was charged, or, whether the judgment was divested by a previous sale of the property by the trustee in bankruptcy of the defendant therein. The court held with plaintiffs, that the judgment was not divested by the bankruptcy sale, and, that it was properly accepted by the sheriff as a credit on their bid. The Union…