Hettler v. Shephard

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Kephart,

This is an appeal from an order setting aside a sheriff’s sale for inadequacy of the price at which the property was purchased.

A petition or motion to set aside a sheriff’s sale is the proper procedure when the purchase price is grossly inadequate, and an order granting relief will not be disturbed unless it clearly appears that the court below abused its discretion: Kline v. Kline, 324 Pa. 145; Lefever v. Kline, 294 Pa. 22. We held in Delaware County Nat’l Bank v. Miller, 303 Pa. 1, where an order setting aside a sheriff’s sale was challenged that . . the…