Cake v. Cake
Decision Date | 07 June 1893 |
Docket Number | 38 |
Citation | 26 A. 781,156 Pa. 47 |
Parties | Cake v. Cake, Appellant |
Court | Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
Argued May 24, 1893
Appeal, No. 38, July T., 1893, by defendant, from order of C.P. Northumberland Co., Dec. T., 1891, No. 19, discharging rule to set aside sheriff's sale.
Rule to set aside sheriff's sale.
The petition for the rule averred that the lots had been sold in a lump when they should have been sold separately, that the bidders were guilty of misconduct, and that the price was inadequate. The respondents filed an answer denying the averments of the bill.
The answer was sworn to, but, by mistake, the prothonotary did not sign the jurat. Subsequently the court made the following order:
"And now, Feb. 29, 1892, at the argument of above case, it appearing to the court that the answer of respondents was duly sworn to and filed, as required by the rules of court and within the time fixed by said rules, but that the prothonotary, who administered the oath, had by mistake omitted to affix his signature to the jurat at the time the oath was administered to the respondents, he is now permitted to affix his signature thereto."
The petitioner excepted to the order. [3]
Evidence was taken for and against the rule, and, after argument, the court, on March 28, 1892, refused to set aside the sale, in the following opinion, by METZGER, P.J., of the 29th judicial district, specially presiding:
For these reasons the rule to set aside the sheriff's sale is discharged at the costs of petitioner."
No exception was filed to this opinion at this time. After an unsuccessful attempt to control the application of the fund the following exception is noted...
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