Hoffman v. Godfrey

*618Tlie opinion oí the court was delivered by

Bergen, J.

As the result of proceedings in partition the lands described in the bill of complaint filed in this case were decreed to be sold by the special master at private sale for not less than $120,000, or if this could not be done before a day named in the decree, then at public sale, subject to or free from mortgage encumbrances amounting to $20,000, as he should determine.

The master not being able to make a private sale, sold the lands at public auction to Carlton Godfrey for $78,000, subject to the mortgage encumbrances, and reported the sale…