The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-03-02
COURTS MUST DECIDE
WHICH BID SHALL STAND.
Peculiar Question Arose During the
March Realty Sales.


March Realty Sales.
At the March sales of realty yester-
day morning at the Court House. one
sale was made for which no deed will
be given until the courts have passed
upon the matter. Sheriff Horrigan,
who made the sale, is in doubt as to
just who has the legal title to the
property.
The property over which the dis
pute arose was that of Mrs. Isabella
Fawcett, sold under an execution from
the. City Court to satisfy a Judgment
in favor of Moore & Co. The special
bid on which there was the liveliest
bidding was the property on the south
side of Liberty street, between Bar
nard and Whitaker with a depth of
100 feet and fronting 80 feet on Liber-
ty. A three-story frame dwelling on
a basement is on the lot.
At the first call from Sheriff Horri-
gan $1,000 was bid, and from that fig
ure the price went rapidly up to $4,000
by jumps of $50 each. All bidders
then dropped out except DR.. M. x.
Corbin and Capt. Henry Blum. Capt.
Blum was represented by Mr. G. w.
Owens, and DR.. Corbin by Mr.. w. p.
LaRoche.
From The s., 900 mark thte price
steadily went up in jumps of $50 each
until Mr.. LaRoche had bid $5,525.
Sheriff Horrigan asked the usual ques-
ton: Are you all done?" and hear
ing no higher bid Knocked the prop
erty down to Or. Corbin.
At this point Mr. Owens, who was
standing with Capt. Blum just back of
Sheriff Horrigan, called attention to
the fact that ne had bid $3.50 for the
property. The sheriff contended that
he had not heard the bid and insisted
that the property belonged to DR.. Cor
bin. Mr.. owens then demanded that
a note of his demand for the property
on his bid be made before the sale pro-
ceeded
After a conference the property was
again offered for sale. Mr.. Owens
bid $3.50 and the property was sold
to him. DR.. Corbin announced that
he would not bid, claiming the prop
erty was his on his former bid. The
matter will now be left to the courts
to settle.
Sheriff Horrigan will not sign deed
giving the property to either claimant
until the court has rendered decision
or an agreement has been reached be-
tween them. The reason given for
again offering the property for sale is
that, had it not been done, and had
the court decided in favor of Mr..
Owens, another sale would have been
necessary Under the present cir
cumstances the question before the
court will be which bidder is entitled
to the property.
The March sales showed a decided
improvement in the real estate market.
The bidding was lively and only two
pieces offered were withdrawn for lack
of more than one bid. In all nearly
$50 900 worth of realty was sold.
Mr.. I. D. LaRoche sold two lots, Nos.
20 and q in Kingsville as the property
of the estate of b. Jackson. The lots
were bought in by Mr.. Beckett, the
price being $142.50
The same auctioneer sold lot No. /,
Little Oglethorpe ward, at Farm and
Bryan streets, to Mr. F. w. II. Ranitz
for 1895. The lot was sold for Mr..
Henry F. Lubs, administrator of the
estate of Meta Gadsden.
Sheriff Horrigan, under the execution
named above, sold the lot and improve
ments situated at Oglethorpe avenue
and Montgomery streets, to Mr.. Beck
EFT for $500.
The same official sold $50 acres of
land in the southern portion of the city
for $500, the price being $3.50 an acre.
The land was sold to Mr.. G.. w. Owens,
bidding for the Germania Bank.
Mr.. c. H. Dorset sold three-fourths
of lot 80 on East Oglethorpe avenue,
facing Colonial Park, and fronting
forty-five feet on Oglethorpe avenue
and running back to York lane The
property was bought by Mr.. w. VOL
edge for $4,000. The dwellings num-
bered $40 and 312 Oglethorpe avenue,
east, are situated on this lot.
The same auctioneer sold the four
tenement houses at 221-22T East Broad
street to Mr.. w. Woledge for 49, 440, and
the two two-story houses, designated
as 54S and $50 McDonough street, to the
same purchaser for SO, 400.
The sale was concluded by Mr. Dor
sett offering five shares of the capital
stock of the Southwestern Railway
Company, which were sold to Capt. D.
c. Barrow at $113 each. The stock
was sold as the property of John Eel
ton Charlton, a minor.