Case Name: BLUM VS. DELLA TORRE
Court: South Carolina Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1836-04
Citations: 3 Hill 155
Docket Number: 
Parties: BLUM VS. DELLA TORRE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 21
Pages: 155–155

Head Matter:
BLUM VS. DELLA TORRE.

Opinion:
A purchaser at auction may set off against the auctioneer a debt due him by the owner of the goods ; or the purchaser may make payment to the owner, and this would be a good defence against the auctioneer. The auctioneer might have refused to deliver the goods until the price was paid, on account of his lien for expenses, commissions, &c., but having delivered them, he has parted with his lien.