Black v. Catlett

In a suit brought by Black, to annul a sheriff’s sale made to John Catlett, of a tract of land, on account of some informalities in the proceedings which led to the adjudication, a Yerdict was given in favor of the plaintiff, for the land in controversy, and against the plaintiff, and in favor of the defendant and reconvenor, John Catlett, for $2,525 95, being the amount of the purchase money paid by the latter. Judgment was thereupon rendered, decreeing ‘that the land is the property of the plaintiff, and that the defendant shall deliver up to and put the said plaintiff in possession of the…