Griffith v. Bogert
Supreme Court of the United States
■ This case came up by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for- the district of Missouri. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
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■ This case came up by writ of error, from the circuit court of the United States for- the district of Missouri. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. Those of Mr. Crittenden's points, which were included in the decision of the court, were the two following: — ■ 1. Because the judgments themselves were void,- so far as they related to, or affected the lands, tenements, or hereditaments of the intestate; or, if not, that the executions issued thereon, dated respectively, the 28th of February, and 9th of April, 1821, under or in virtue of which the sheriff sold the land in question,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gbieb
The plaintiffs claim the land which is the subject of controversy in this suit, as heirs of Isaac W. Griffith, who died seised of the same in 1819. His estate was insolvent. Judgments were obtained against his administrators in 1820, executions were issued thereon, and the property sold by the sheriff. The defendants claim under the purchaser at this sale.
On the trial, the Court below instructed the jury “ that the sheriff’s deed, read in evidence under the judgments and executions also in evidence, was effectual to devest the title of the heirs of Isaac H. Griffith to the land mentioned in…
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