Succession of Gassen v. Palfrey

Palfrey purchased a tract of land and improvements, at a public sale made under a judgment of partition among the heirs of ffassen, some of whom were minors, and some of full age. Being called upon by rule to comply with the terms of adjudication, he has alleged various nullities in the proceedings, most of them anterior to the judgment which ordered the sale. As to these, the counsel for appellants contend, that they should not be noticed by the court; that a tona fide purchaser at a judicial sale, is protected by the decree which ordered the sale, and is not bound to look beyond it.

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