Sandeford v. Lewis

Jackson, Chief Justice.

A bill was filed by the complainant against the defendants to recover money which had been paid by the complainant for a tract of land purchased by him at sheriff’s *483sale, and after the purchase money paid by him had been' distributed under a money rule against the sheriff by regular judgment of the superior court. The complainant had leased the land from the defendant, Grace Lewis, who controlled it as a homestead regularly set apart by the ' court of ordinary for herself and minor children, and the consideration of the loan, which was to continue five years, was the…