Lyle v. Armstrong
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 84, Jan. T., 1911, by defendants from order of C. P. No. 2, Phila. Co., June T., 1910, No. 4016, refusing to set aside sheriff’s sale in ease of Franklin L. Lyle v. William Lynn Armstrong, Real Owner, and Amos R. Scott, Mortgagor. Rule to set aside sheriff’s sale. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was order refusing to set aside sale.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Pottee,
This is an appeal from the refusal by the court below to set aside a sheriff’s sale of real estate. Inadequacy of price, and insufficiency of description in the advertisements were alleged as reasons for setting aside the sale. In considering an appeal of this kind, we will not consider statements respecting the value of the property sold, unless there is clear proof of an abuse of discretion by the court below, in dealing with the question of inadequacy of price: McKee v. Kerr, 192 Pa. 164; Light v. Zeller, 195 Pa. 315. Appellant relies upon the case of Yost v.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Ritter v. GetzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Light v. ZellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
- McKee ex rel. Boyd v. KerrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1899
- Westmoreland Guarantee Building & Loan Ass'n v. NesbitSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1902
- Yost v. CoyleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1910
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