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5 Del. Ch. 396

Foxwell v. Slaughter

Court of Chancery of Delaware

Decided September 15, 1880

Court of Chancery of Delaware · decided 1880-09-15

Bill to restrain the prosecution of a writ of scire FACIAS TO ENFORCE A PURCHASE MONEY MORTGAGE, ON MOTION TO DISSOLVE PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AND TO DISMISS the bill.—The grounds upon which the complainant asks, for an injunction may be briefly stated, as follows: that he became the purchaser of a tract of land described in the bill, at a sale thereof made by the Sheriff of Kent County on February 13, 1876; that said land was so sold by said sheriff under and by virtue of a…

Decided 1880-09-15

The Chancellor.

¶1The records in the recorder’s office were public, open to the inspection of the complainant; and if, instead of examining them, he chose to rely upon loose declarations of others, or the general understanding of people attending a public sale, he alone must suffer by his folly.

¶2Title to lands, and liens thereon, are not to be affected by such declarations or understandings.

¶3Timothy Slaughter, as the assignee of the purchase money mortgage executed by Garner and wife, has a right under the law of this State to prosecute his suit of scire facias to judgment, and under proper proceedings thereon to cause the said lands to be sold for the payment of his mortgage debt, notwithstanding the sale and sheriff’s deed to Foxwell, mentioned in his bill of complaint.

¶4The motion to .dissolve the preliminary injunction and dismiss the bill is therefore granted; and the complainant must pay the costs in this cause in three months, or attachment.

¶5Let a decree be drawn accordingly.

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