Grubb v. Browder

The complainant in this bill alleges that he 6b-*300tained a judgment before a justice of the peace against the defendant Calvin Browder, had execution levied upon fifty acres of land claimed by Browder, and, after condemnation in the Circuit Court, the same was sold and bid off by Bynum Allen for the use of the complainant, and deed was made to him. No money was paid by Allen, for the reason that he purchased for the complainant. An action of ejectment was brought against Browder upon this title, but failed, owing to the fact that the proof showed that the sheriff failed to give to defendant in…