Durley v. Davis

Citations

• 69 Ill. 133

Syllabus

<p>1. Redemption—right is purely statutory. The right of a judgment creditor to redeem from a previous judicial sale is purely statutory, and the right must be exercised in the manner required by the statute, or it will be invalid.</p> <p>2. Same—of a less interest than sold, not allowed. Where judgment is recovered against two defendants, each of whom own an undivided one-fifth of a tract of land, and their interest is sold together, being the undivided two-fifths, a judgment creditor of one of them has no right to redeem as to the interest of his debtor by paying one-half the amount for which the land sold, with interest.</p>