Barrett v. Bath Paper Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Kershaw, J., Aiken, April, 1879. The case is fully presented in the Circuit decree, which is as follows: This case came on to be heard at the February Term of the Court of Common Pleas of Aiken county, but there not being time to conclude the hearing, the saíne was concluded by consent of counsel in April, after the courts of the Second Circuit were over.
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Before Kershaw, J., Aiken, April, 1879. The case is fully presented in the Circuit decree, which is as follows: This case came on to be heard at the February Term of the Court of Common Pleas of Aiken county, but there not being time to conclude the hearing, the saíne was concluded by consent of counsel in April, after the courts of the Second Circuit were over. The necessity of completing the business of that Circuit held under advisement, and the early commencement of the courts of the Third Circuit having conspired to prevent an earlier decision at all comporting with the gravity of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Willard, C. J.
Certain creditors of the defendant corporation seek, with such defendant, to set aside a sale of the property *157of such defendant made by the sheriff under execution, on the-ground of alleged misconduct of the purchaser, both before and at the time of the sale, tending to depress the selling price by a combination among bidders to prevent bidding, and by other devices- alleged and relied upon, whereby the property sold for a sum grossly inadequate as compared with its actual value. The facts of the case are very fully stated in the Circuit…
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