Hawkins v. Vineyard

This was a suit in chancery brought by Hawkins against Vineyard and Hoge. The bill alleged in substance, that Vineyard recovered a judgment against complainant, and sued out an execution thereon; that Hoge, as sheriff, levied the execution on a quarter section of land containing one hundred and sixty acres, and that Vineyard purchased the same at the sheriff’s sale for $160; that the complainant was the owner of sixty-five acres of the tract, but had no title whatever to the residue; that complainant, within twelve months from the sale, applied to Hoge to redeem the sixty-five acres, and…