Swope v. Ardery

Motion to set aside a sheriff’s sale. Swope and others, defendants below, filed sixteen pleas. Trial by the Court, and judgment setting aside the sale.

The evidence is all in the record.

The property in dispute was a half lot in Greensburg. There were several liens upon it, and, hence, conflicting claims to the proceeds. The title, subject to these liens, was, prior to the sheriff’s sale, in Martin Jameson, Sr.

On the 9th of November, 1840, Abbott and Brothers recovered judgment in the Decatur Circuit Court against , M. and F. Jameson; and on the 16th of December, 1840, Martin Jameson, Sr.,…