Case Name: Smith vs. Moreman, &c.; and Moreman, &c. vs. Smith
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1824-10-19
Citations: 1 T.B. Mon. 154
Docket Number: 
Parties: Smith vs. Moreman, &c. and Moreman, &c. vs. Smith.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Reports
Volume: 17
Pages: 154–158

Head Matter:
Smith vs. Moreman, &c. and Moreman, &c. vs. Smith.
Cross appeals from a decree of the Bourbon Circuit; James Clark, . Judge;
Chancery.
Case 65.
October 19.
Sheriffs Deed for Land, Evidence, Statutes.
In making' out title to sheriff’s deed it is indispon-sable to pro- the execution issued,

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court, by
I. TALBOT, for Petitioners,
Ch. J. Boyce.
There isa radical defect in the proof of the complainant's title to the land in controversy in this case. He derives his title under a purchase made at a sheriff's sa^e 'n virtue of an execution against the estate of the patentee; but he has failed to produce the judgment upon which the execution issued, and without a judg- merit, the land- could not have been lawfully sold, nor could the sale confer any title; for as it is only in satisfaction of judgments.that the law subjecting lands to the payment óf debts, authorises, them to be sold, the rendition of the judgment is essentia! to support the tie of the purchaser of land under-execution, as been often adjudged by this court.
November 23.
Talbot, for Smith; Wickliffe, for M-oreman, &c..
The- decree reversed with costs of both appeals against the complainants, and the-bill dismissed,-with casts.,