Peoples National Bank v. Baker

Reese, P. J.,

At the sheriff’s sales of real estate held on September 17, 1937, the real estate of the defendant herein was sold by the sheriff under a writ of fieri facias issued on the prsecipe of the plaintiff herein. Benjamin J. Whorley bid $3,200 for the property, which was sold to him, and on September 20,1937, Whorley paid to the sheriff the purchase price in full. The *680sheriff demanded that the purchaser pay additional sums of $31 for poundage and $3.50 for Federal stamp tax on the deed. These additional amounts the purchaser paid to the sheriff under protest. The purchase price,…