Hardy v. Coley

The only question involved on this appeal is the propriety of the ruling of the circuit court setting aside the first sale and opening the biddings solely because an advance bid of 10 per cent, had been made. In such case the practice of setting aside the original sale and again offering the land at the upset bid obtained in England until abolished by statute (30 aud 31 Viet., ch, 48, sec. 7). To a certain extent the English rule formerly prevailed in Virginia, but that practice has been generally condemned by *571the more recent decisions in the United States, and in this State, as tending to…