Harris v. . Irwin

On the trial of the cause below several questions were made. Only one was decided by his Honor, and as we concur with him in his opinion on that point, we have not, as it would otherwise have been our duty to do, looked into the others. His Honor decided that the deed from Alexander to Joseph H. Wilson, under which the defendant claimed title, was void, as being made without any authority in law. The objection is that the power given by the Legislature to a sheriff to make title to lands sold by his successor in office is a special one, and must be strictly pursued. In this case the purchase…