Commerce Vault Co. v. Barrett

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court in favor of the sheriff of Cook county as garnishee. The facts are substantially as follows: The sheriff received certain money from a redemption sale of property sold under a foreclosure proceeding against the Commerce Vault Company and subsequently redeemed from the master’s sale by a judgment creditor of the mortgage debtor. The sale under the execution of the redeeming judgment creditor produced a surplus which remained in the sheriff’s hands after payment of the redemption money and after full satisfaction, with interest and costs,…