Lankford v. Dockery

1. Where, by the terms of a decree to partition, land by sale, dated April 16, 1945, which has been held to be valid on several occasions (Lankford v. Milhollin, 200 Ga. 512, 37 S. E. 2d, 197; Lankford v. Milhollin, 201 Ga. 594, 40 S. E. 2d, 376; Lankford v. Milhollin, 202 Ga. 264, 42 S. E. 2d, 640; Lankford v. Milhollin, 203 Ga. 496, 47 S. E. 2d, 73; and see generally Lankford v. Holton, 197 Ga. 212, 28 S. E. 2d, 747), it was provided that the high bidder at such sale (auction) is to be required to pay over to the partitioning commissioners fifty percent of the amount of his bid at the time…