Wickliff v. Robinson

This was a motion to set aside an execution and sale of land under it. Wickliff obtained a judgment in the circuit court of St. Clair county, against Robinson and Pelham. This judgment was paid, with the exception of the costs, and afterward the clerk of said circuit coiu*t, without authority from the judgment creditor or his attorney, issued an execution upon the judgment for the costs, amounting to about thirteen dollars. Under this execution, a tract of land belonging to the judgment debtor, worth at least one thousand dollars, was sold to the clerk for the amount of these costs. The…