Yost v. Coyle
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 137, Oct. T., 1909, by defendants, from order of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May T., 1909, No. 214, refusing to set aside sale of sheriff’s sale of real estate in case of Fidelity Title & Trust Company, Executor under the will of William Yost, deceased, v. Reed B. Coyle et al. Exceptions to sheriff’s sale of real estate. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. Error assigned was order refusing to set aside sheriff’s sale of real estate.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
The sheriff’s sale which the court below refused to set aside was on an execution issued upon the judgment which is the subject of the preceding appeal. Gross inadequacy of price and misdescription of property in the sheriff’s advertisements were the main reasons urged for setting the sale aside and are the only ones to be considered on this appeal. The property, was sold to the appellee for $11,600, subject to a mortgage of $13,000 and accrued interest, making the actual price which he bid for it about $25,000. In support of the allegation of inadequacy of price a…
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