6 Pa. 239 | Pa. | 1847
The present case discloses a proceeding commenced before two justices of the‘peace, by a purchaser at sheriff’s sale, under the provisions of the act of 1836, to obtain possession of the land purchased by him. ,The person in possession made the oath prescribed by the statute, and the proceeding was transferred to the Common Pleas, according to the provisions of the act. The plaintiff below exhibited the record of the judgment on which the land was sold, the levy, condemnation and sale, all by due process, and then offered the sheriff’s debd, properly acknowledged in open court; to the admission of which in evidence the defendant objected, because “ the acknowledgment was taken after the expiration of the term of office of the sheriff,” and at the same time offered to show, “ that the deed had not been delivered by the sheriff to the purchaser, until some time after the acknowledgment.” The court overruled the objection thus made, and sealed a bill of exception, which makes the first and principal point in the case. The policy of rendering titles acquired by judi
Judgment affirmed.