Case Name: The sale of the real Estate of James Campbell
Court: New York Surrogate's Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1870
Citations: 1 Tuck. Surr. 240
Docket Number: 
Parties: The sale of the real Estate of James Campbell.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tucker's Surrogate's Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 240–240

Head Matter:
The sale of the real Estate of James Campbell.
" A sale of lauds vacated for irregularity where the description was faulty and the price disproportionate.
The Surrogate cannot allow the purchaser counsel fees.
F. C. Cántese, for Creditor. ■

Opinion:
. The Subbogate.
This sale has been so irregularly conducted, that I am compelled to vacate it.
The description published of the land sold was incorrect and faulty. Thé sum bid was clearly disproportionate to its value, and at least ten per cent more ought to and may be obtained by a re-sale.
The purchaser is entitled to be repaid his ten per cent deposited, and also the'auctioneer's fees paid by him.
But I have no power to allow" him any counsel fee on this proceeding, or "on examining the title. It may be a hardship to him, but the allowance of such a fee would be altogether beyond the statutory powers of a Surrogate. .