Brown v. McKay

Appellants sued to recover a certain lot of land. They relied upon a purchase at sheriff’s sale, for the sum of $100, made upon three executions issued by the clerk of the Common Pleas Court of said county, on transcripts filed in his office, of judgments rendered by a justice, against one Murphy. One of the executions, so issued, was in favor of the appellants, and was for about the sum of $79. On the trial, there was a judgment for the defendant. The question presented, is upon the refusal of the Court to admit evidence.

The plaintiff gave in evidence, without objection, the deed of the…