5 Paige Ch. 48 | New York Court of Chancery | 1835
By the decision of the court for the correction of errors, upon the appeal from the order of the 7th of January last, the former purchaser has no longer any interest adverse to the claim of the petitioners upon the present application ; as the amount which they ask to pay into court on the last sale is much more than is to be refunded to him under the order which has been affirmed. It is not necessary, therefore, that I should decide the question whether the appeal bond for costs which was filed in this case was sufficient to stay the proceedings upon the order appealed from; or whether the appellant should not also have given a bond for the use and profits of the premises of which the appellant was
Indeed, it is impossible for me to resist the conclusion at which I have arrived in this case, that the whole of the proceedings on the part of the original purchaser, and of the agent and solicitor of the complainants, have been conducted with a view,in one way or another, to defeat the petitioner, Whipple,of the benefit which was intended to be .secured to him by the order.of the 7th of January last. The purchaser, as he had a perfect right to do, appealed from that order ; and if he had. succeeded on that appeal, his purpose would have been fairly and legitimately effected. But in case he failed on the appeal, if purchasers could be prevented from bidding to the amount of $3500 on the resale, he would still retain the premises at his former bid of $2400. Either through mistake or otherwise, his appeal was so entered as to leave it extremely doubtful whether it operated as a stay of proceedings as to any of the parties; but more especially as to the complainants who were not named as obligees in the bond for costs. The agent of the complainants, and who had placed the bond and mortgage in this- case in the hands of the purchaser at the first sale, and his partner, for collection,, then gave written instructions to the
The conclusion at which 1 have arrived, in this case, is, that Tyler is entitled to a conveyance of the premises which were struck off to him, upon the payment of the amount of his bid• and that the master should have reported him as the purchaser on the resale. The master’s report must, therefore, be set aside. And he must execute a deed to Tyler, and report him as the purchaser at the resale, for the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars; provided the amount of his bid, with interest thereon from the time of this decision, is paid to the master, or, in case of his absence from his office or place of residence when the purchaser or his agent applies there to make payment, is deposited to the credit of the master in the Broome County Bank, within thirty days after the purchaser or his solicitor in this matter has notice of this decision.
As the master has had no opportunity to be heard upon this application, it would be improper to charge him with the costs thereof at this time; although it appears that his improper conduct in relation to the sale has rendered the application necessary. I shall therefore reserve the decision of the question of costs until after the coming in and confirmation of the new report, which the master is directed to make of the sale • when the petitioners are at liberty, upon due notice to the master and to the solicitor of the complainants, to apply for such further directions as to their costs upon this application, as may be just.