Debuys v. Connolly

Certain lots of ground belonging to the defendant, Connolly, having been seized to satisfy the mortgage claim of'the plaintiff, were offered for sale by the sheriff of the parish of Jefferson, on the 23d of March, 1840, and were adjudicated to the defendant for the price of $2500, payable in a bond at one year from the day of sale. The conditions of the sale not having been complied with by the purchaser, who had offered John Mitchell as his security on the bond, the sheriff, who had refused to receive the security, was ordered by the plaintiff’s attorney to re-ad vertise the property for…