Cummings v. . MacGill

Questions for the consideration of the Supreme Court:

1. Is the action of replevin sustainable in this State?

2. Had the sheriff a right to adopt the bid of the plaintiff, after having regularly struck off the slave to the defendant as the last and highest bidder, without having again exposed her at public sale to the highest bidder?

3. Did not the time given for the payment of the money confirm the sale to the defendant, and vest the property in him?

4. Did the right of the slave legally vest in the plaintiff, (536) under all the circumstances as above stated? When one individual attempts to…