Givan v. Doe

This was an ejectment to recover certain lots of ground in the town of Danville, in the county of Hendricks. On the trial, the plaintiff relied for title on a purchase made at a sheriff’s sale. A regular judgment and execution against the plaintiff in error were produced on the trial, and a deed from the sheriff to the lessors of the plaintiff as purchasers of the land in controversy. From the return to the writ, and from the testimony of the sheriff and other witnesses, it appears that the lots were advertised by the sheriff to be sold on the 25th of June, 1839 ; that they were bid off by…