Ferree v. Fleetham

This case concerns the trial judge’s exercise of judicial discretion in conducting a receiver’s sale of real property. The transactions which prompted Ferree to bring this action were as follows: The parties had purchased a tract of real estate as equal tenants in common. Subsequent to the purchase, and in a prior suit, Fleetham obtained a money judgment against Ferree in the sum of $31,266.45 for nonpayment of certain promissory notes. Thereafter Fleet-ham levied upon and purchased Ferree’s interest in the partnership property at execution sale.

In this action Ferree claims that his interest…