Landrum v. Broadwell

This was a proceeding instituted for the purpose of setting aside a sheriff’s sale and cancelling a deed made thereunder. One ground upon which the plaintiff’s right of action is' predicated is that the levy which was the foundation of the sale was so excessive as to render the same void. At the trial it appeared that a cost execution issued from the superior court for the sum of $55, upon which there was due at the date of the sale about $63, had been levied upon a tract of land containing 40 acres. The land sold for $54. According to the testimony the value of the property at the date of…