Shipley v. Shamwell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing on an appeal by the purchaser from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia setting aside an execution sale of certain real estate. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Appeal from an order of the supreme court of the District setting aside an execution sale of certain real estate of appellee, J ames B. Shamwell.
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Hearing on an appeal by the purchaser from an order of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia setting aside an execution sale of certain real estate. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Appeal from an order of the supreme court of the District setting aside an execution sale of certain real estate of appellee, J ames B. Shamwell. On October 24, 1912, W. Walton Edwards obtained a judgment in the municipal court against the appellee for $55, after a demurrer to appellee’s plea of. set-off had been sustained. On November 1 following, execution issued out of said…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bobb
Many States have, by express statutory enactment, fixed a period within which a judgment debtor may redeem property sold at execution sale. Other States also permit creditors to redeem. In some jurisdictions the statutes require that property sold on execution sale shall bring a designated proportion of its appraised value. Several jurisdictions require a return to be made by the officer conducting the sale, and the'sale must be confirmed by the court, before the rights of the' execution debtor are certainly devested. Deputron v. Young, 134 U. S. 241, 258, 33 L. ed. 923, 931, 10 Sup. Ct. Rep.…
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- Graffam v. BurgessSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Deputron v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Davis v. McCannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898
- Anniston Pipe Works v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Phillips v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
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