2 Doug. 172 | Mich. | 1845
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The main question arising upon the case, and presented for our opinion and decision, is, whether the proceedings of the sheriff in selling the property were void, and the defendant, consequently, relieved from the penalty provided for not giving the notice required by the statute. It is insisted that the proceedings were invalid in consequence of the acts of 1841, relative to sales upon executions, being, as alleged, unconstitutional and void.
It is to be observed that the acts of 1841 do not repeal the provisions of the Revised Statutes of 1838, in regard
In the case of McCracken v. Hayward, 2 Howard, 608, and Bronson v. Kinzie, 1 Howard, 311, it was held that, in respect to previous contracts, they are invalid, inasmuch as they deprive the creditor of the remedy, for violation of the contract, which existed when the contract was entered into; and of the rights possessed under the then existing law. By the provision of the constitution, as interpreted by those decisions, the plaintiffs in the execution might have insisted upon an absolute sale of the property seized upon the execution, without regard to the acts of 1841, or any appraisement under them. In this case, it appears that an appraisement was had, and the plaintiffs became the purchasers, ata sum exceeding two thirds of the appraised value of the premises. The effect is as if there had been no appraisement, and they having become the purchasers, can make no complaint. They, in fact, directed the proceedings. If there had been no sale, or bid for two thirds the amount at which the premises were valued, they might have insisted that the property should be sold absolutely, to the highest bidder, irrespective of the appraisement; and if the sheriff had refused so to sell, have applied to the Court for an order upon him to do so,, as was done in the case of McCracken v. Hayward. But, having bid off the property, their rights have not been impaired by the appraisement, nor is the title affected by it.
This view of the principal question is an answer to the
Ordered certified accordingly.