Westmoreland Guarantee Building & Loan Ass'n v. Nesbit
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 120, April T., 1902, by plaintiff, from order of C. P. Westmoreland Co., Nov. T., 1901, No. 272, discharging rule to set aside sheriff’s sale in case of Westmoreland Guarantee Building & Loan Association v. Robert Nesbit. Rule to set aside sheriff’s sale. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was the order of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
The appellant secured a judgment against the defendant for $1,200, and, on October 4,1901, had a writ of fieri facias issued thereon, by virtue whereof two tracts of land belonging to the defendant were levied upon by the sheriff and advertised to be sold by him on November 8, 1901. At the plaintiff’s instance the sale was adjourned until November 16, 1901, and, on that day, in the absence of any person representing the plaintiff, the property was sold to E. F. Robbins and H. E. Marker for the sum of $201, which sale, so made, divests the lien of the plaintiff’s judgment.…
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