Lee v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad

JAMES, Chief Justice.

—This is a proceeding to set aside a sheriff’s sale by reason of irregularities therein and inadequacy of the consideration.

The defendant in error on March 7, 1897, obtained a judgment against J. E.' Ward for something over $4000, in the District Court of Harris County, foreclosing a vendor’s lien on a certain survey near Seymour, Texas, and the sale thereunder, now in question, was made under an order of sale on first Tuesday in September, 1897.

The land was shown by the testimony to have been worth not less than $600, and there was testimony-placing its value as high as…