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- Title: Slater v. Maxwell
- Author : United States Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 01, 1867
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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Mr. Frick, for the appellant, contended that the gross inadequacy of price–1/200th part of value–shocked the conscience, and amounted, in itself, to conclusive evidence of fraud;1 that it was, moreover, plain that the sheriff had made no sufficient effort to get bidders for a part; and that above all, in preventing persons from bidding, as it was plain that he had done the answer being evasive on this point–Maxwell had violated a rule of the highest obligation on persons attending auction sales,2 and applicable especially to sales for tax-titles;3 that his statements thus operated as a fraud on the sale, which was to be set aside accordingly; and that the case was one especially for relief through equity: made more plainly so by the certificate from the clerk of Ritchie County Court. Messrs. G. H. Lee and C. Boggs, contended: