Murphy v. Skelly

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, Chief-Justice.

The appeal in this case brings up for review an order of the court of chancery refusing an application of one Samuel Silverman to be relieved from a bid made by him at a sheriff’s sale held under a -writ of fieri facias issued in a mortgage foreclosure suit, and also an order refusing a rehearing of that application.

The first ground upon which the original order refusing to relieve Silverman of his bid is attacked is that it is in direct violation of the right vested in Silverman by the thirty-fifth section of our Sale of Lands…