Reed v. Diven

The object of this suit was to set aside, as fraudulent and void, a sale and conveyance of real estate, made by the sheriff .of Henry county. Reed and Shelly, the latter being the sheriff, and the former the sheriff’s vendee, were the defendants below. Upon demurrer to their answer to the complaint, a decree passed in favor of Diven, the appellee.

The facts admitted and set up by the answer are substantially these:

Reed, on the 5th of July, 1854, recovered a judgment in the Wayne Common Pleas against Diven for 177 dollars. A transcript of this judgment was, on the 2d of August following, filed…