Wood v. . Fauth

This partition proceeding having been transferred to the civil issue docket of the Superior Court, confirmation of the sale was a matter for the judge. Dixon v. Osborne, 201 N. C., 489, 160 S. E., 579. The reported sale on the bid of Mary C. Fauth was duly confirmed by the judge at term. This conferred upon her certain rights of which she could not be summarily deprived. Upon failure to comply promptly with her bid the proper procedure was by rule to show cause. A reasonable time within which to pay before vacating the sale and confirmation and ordering another sale should have been allowed,…