Walker v. McLoud
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT' COpRT OF APPEALS FOR THE'EIGHTH CIRCÚÍT. The-appellant, who. was plaintiff below,- appeals' frdm.the judgment’ of the Circuit Court of . Appeals (138 Fed.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT' COpRT OF APPEALS FOR THE'EIGHTH CIRCÚÍT. The-appellant, who. was plaintiff below,- appeals' frdm.the judgment’ of the Circuit Court of . Appeals (138 Fed. Rep. 394), affirming a decree of the United Statés Court for the Central District of Iridian Territory, dismissing the'appellant’s.'bill on the merits: 82. S. W. Rep. 908.- The appellant- describes- this action “ as in the nature of ejectment 'on the equity .docket, instituted for the purpose of securing possession-of certain buildings and the right to they occupancy of the larid’ on which they were, erected, -and…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Peckham,
after making the foregoing statement; delivered the opinion of the. court.
The Circuit Court of Appeals decided but one question in. this case, and that one related to the validity of the sale of, the. property by the sheriff on credit instead of for cash. In our opinion that.question was rightly decided by the court when it held such sale absolutely void, and it'is unnecessary for us to refer to or decide any other.
The son of the deputy sheriff, who conducted the sale', bid off property worth $60,000 for $270, and gave his note for that amount, payable when possession was…
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