Wickersham v. Johnson

The petition alleged that the defendant, Johnson, with others, obtained a judgment against the plaintiff in the Circuit Court of Laclede county, and that execution was issued thereon, and the same was levied upon lands of the plaintiff therein specified; that the defendants caused the sheriff to sell the lands in gross, and not according to the lowest legal sub- divisions, and that Young, acting as attorney for Johnson, and conspiring with him for the purpose of defrauding plaintiffs, represented to the sheriff and to bidders at the sale, that he held liens on the property to the amount of…