31 Mo. 196 | Mo. | 1860
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a motion to set aside a sheriff’s sale under the following circumstances : A large tract of land, containing upwards of four thousand arpens, was advertised to be sold during the November term, 1859, of the St. Genevieve circuit court. The land was exposed to sale and bid off at fifty dollars during the first three days of the week during which the term was to be holden. The judge of the court failed to appear and the term elapsed. The sale was made during one of the three days from which the court stood adjourned from day to day in pursuance to law. The land was claimed by others than the defendants in the execution, and was bought by them. The sale was set aside.
This is the first instance in which real estate in Missouri has been sold by a sheriff under such circumstances. Our books of reports furnish no case in which such a sale has been made, nor do our memories recall any such proceeding. Had the opinions prevailed that such sales were authorized by law, they would have been made, as the lapse 'of a term of the circuit court is a thing of no unusual occurrence. If such a sale was tolerated, it would lead to a great many
Judgment reversed.