Case Name: JAMES B. COLLINS vs. JAMES STEEL
Court: Delaware Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Decision Date: 1847
Citations: 4 Harr. 536
Docket Number: 
Parties: JAMES B. COLLINS vs. JAMES STEEL.
Judges: 
Reporter: Delaware Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 536–536

Head Matter:
JAMES B. COLLINS vs. JAMES STEEL.
Sale of land set aside for want of notice of inquisition.
Vend, exponas to the October term, 1847, Kent county. Sheriff returns “ land sold to Peter F. Caussey for $325; and sufficient.”
The inquisition was held in this case on a rule in vacation since last term, and the land condemned; upon which this writ issued, and the land was sold.
The defendant, at this term, filed an affidavit that he was, and had been, for many years past, a resident of Kent county; and that he had no notice or knowledge of the holding the inquisition, or of the sale of his property until after the sale; upon which
Bates, jr.,
had a rule to.show cause why the inquisition and sale should not be set aside; and, on the hearing, the affidavit being sustained:—

Opinion:
Rule absolute.