Knight v. Fair

Application for mandamus to compel sheriff to make a deed to the purchaser of real estate.

Knight obtained a judgment against Calham and others, for $637 58, with interest at five per cent, per month, and for §349, with interest at ten per cent per annum, and §150 90 costs, on May 29th, 1856; making in all $1,137 48. On the 4th June, 1856, there was paid the sum of §491 10, after deducting sheriff’s costs, $88 90, for collection, leaving the sum of §646 38. July 23, 1856, the sheriff sold the real estate to Knight for §400. On the 23d January, 1857, the successor in interest paid to the…