Stilley v. McNeal

Citations

• 219 Pa. 533
• 69 A. 58
• 1908 Pa. LEXIS 617

Syllabus

<p>Attorney and client — Purchase by attorney at sheriff’s sale — Mortgage.</p> <p>An attorney at law who appears of record in the foreclosure of a mortgage, and who subsequently bids in the property for his client, has no authority to make an agreement of sale to a third party not present nor bidding, at the sheriff’s sale, and thereby pass the title of his client to the land. The client may recover the land from such third person in ejectment, or if the land has been sold may recover the purchase money received for it.</p>