Lehman v. McQuown

Brewer, J.,

(orally.) In 1,710, (Lehman v. McQuown,) in which an assessment of damages on an injunction bond is sought, the facts are these: In the fall of 1884, one George McQuown was indebted to sundry creditors. Proceedings were had, by assignment and suit, which culminated in a sheriff’s sale, in which Mrs. McQuown, the wife of George McQuown, purchased the property. By mistake or accident, the principal creditor was not represented at the sale, and Mrs. McQuown bought the property at much less than its real value. The creditor, fancying that the transaction was not honest, after judgment,…