Gratz v. Lancaster Bank

*279The opinion of the court was delivered by,

Huston, J.

The record in this case presented the following faets: — The Lancaster'Bank, as endorsee of T. R. Buchanan, obtained a judgment, and issued a fieri facias, in 1817, against Wit- • liam Houseal, for á sum exceeding eight .hundred' dollars. The fieri facias "was levied on a house and lot of the defendant, which was sold on a venditioni exponas, for o.ne thousand six hundred and ninety-five dollars. The money was brought into court, or (what was the same thing) considered in court; and, on the 23d of June, 1S17, a rule was taken to show cause…