Yeatman, Woods & Co. v. Erwin

The plaintiffs, in 1847, recovered judgment against Erwin, the defendant, for $6,480 18 and interest. In 1850, they issued an alias ji-fa., on which they caused real estate of the defendant to be sold to the extent of $23,800, they becoming the purchasers for cash. The sale was made April 22d, 1850.

There were several anterior special mortgages in judgment, which the Sheriff authorized the plaintiffs, the purchasers, to retain in their hands. They paid the costs, $197 50. They retained $9,414 93, the amount of a judgment in favor of the Bank of Kentucky, to which they were subrogated; also, a…