Reed v. Brooks

OPINION OF THE CoURT.

THIS was amotion to set aside a sale of land, made by the sheriff in virtue of an execution issued in the name of Rawson against Reed. The execution appears to have issued upon a judgment for the costs of a proceeding had at the suit of Reed against Rawson, fora forcible entry and detainer; and Brooks was the purchaser of 762 acres, parcel of a larger tract upon which the sheriff had levied the execution, at the price of $16 25, being less than the amount of the execution. Reed, the plaintiff in the motion, read, on the trial of the motion, the execution and endorsements…