Trumbo v. Cumming

Citations

• 20 S.C. 334
• 1884 S.C. LEXIS 12

Syllabus

<p>1. A sale by tbe sheriff under a junior judgment of the State court divests the liens of senior judgments upon the property so sold, of both State and United States Courts.</p> <p>2. Where the mortgagee purchased the mortgaged land at a sheriff's sale under a junior judgment, and (the land having been forfeited to the State for non-payment of taxes) also obtained deed from the commissioners of the sinking fund, the lien of this mortgage, and also of all outstanding judgments and taxes, was divested, and, therefore, the mortgagee acquired a good, marketable title, which a purchaser from him was bound to accept.</p>