Bixly v. Mead ( 1836 )

In this case property worth $1000 was bid in at a sheriff’s sale by a relative of the defendant, for the trifling sum of $26. The plaintiff applied to the court to set aside the sale and order a- re-sale. The plaintiff had employed an agent to attend the sale and bid in the property, but the agent had forgotten to attend. The defendant is insolvent. The motion was granted.