McIver v. . Ritter

The plaintiffs purchased lands, described in the pleading, of Jesse L. Bryan, at a public sale in December, 1853.

At that time, as they allege, there were executions running upon a judgment against Bryan, obtained in October, 1851. At the sale the defendants (the sheriff, in whose hands were the writs of fi. fa., (607) combining) fraudulently represented the debts to be satisfied, and thus induced the plaintiffs to buy the land in question.

Notwithstanding the writs of fi. fa. were continuously sued out upon the judgment until January, 1857, when there was a levy upon the land, a sale, and a…