Mushat v. . Moore

The action was commenced in the county court and a judgment being there obtained by the lessors of the plaintiff, it was removed into (258) the Superior Court by certiorari. In his petition and affidavit for the certiorari the defendant stated, among other things, that the land in controversy was sold under an execution upon a judgment against him at the instance of one Robert Simonton; that one George L. Davidson became the purchaser at a certain price, with the understanding that the defendant should redeem the same; and that Davidson afterwards conveyed the land to his daughter, the feme…