Light v. Zeller
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 390, Jan. T., 1900, by Nathaniel B. Light, from order of C. P. Lebanon Co., June T., 1897, No. 304, setting aside sheriff’s sale to him in case of Jacob L. Light, Assignee, et al. v. D. W. Zeller et al. Rule to set aside sheriff’s sale. The grounds upon which the sale was set aside were stated by Erhgood, P. J., as follows: It is not denied that the property in question was sold for a grossly inadequate price.
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Appeal, No. 390, Jan. T., 1900, by Nathaniel B. Light, from order of C. P. Lebanon Co., June T., 1897, No. 304, setting aside sheriff’s sale to him in case of Jacob L. Light, Assignee, et al. v. D. W. Zeller et al. Rule to set aside sheriff’s sale. The grounds upon which the sale was set aside were stated by Erhgood, P. J., as follows: It is not denied that the property in question was sold for a grossly inadequate price. Its value is estimated by a number of witnesses to be from $2,500 to $8,000. It was sold by the sheriff for $960. It is only necessary in connection with inadequacy of price…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam,
It is the settled rule that Avhile inadequacy of price is not by itself sufficient to justify the court in setting aside a sheriff’s sale, yet where there is great inadequacy the court may seize upon other circumstances in order to give rélief: Ritter v. *317Getz, 161 Pa. 648; Stroup v. Raymond, 183 Pa. 279. Wbat other circumstances are sufficient for this purpose is largely in the discretion of the court below, and whether or not we should in its place have reached the same conclusion in the present case, we have not been convinced that there was error which calls for reversal. As…
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