Cowen v. Underwood

Catón, J.

This bill was filed to set aside a sale made by the sheriff under an execution issued upon a judgment against the complainant. The execution was levied upon the north-west quarter and the north half of the south-west quarter of a section of land, which were advertised, and both lots were put up by the sheriff together, and bid off by the defendant at one bid for $134.03, which was the amount of the judgment, interest and costs. The purchaser was the attorney who obtained the judgment upon which the execution issued. The bill alleges that the smallest of the lots was of many times the…