ORMOND v. FAIRCLOTH

A sheriff cannot purchase property at his own sale.

BY THE COURT.

A sheriff cannot purchase property at his own sale. If he bids off property, the bidding is void. Nor can a sheriff sell, at private sale, property levied on by him by virtue of an execution. The rule is therefore discharged.

Cited: McLeod v. McCall, 48 N.C. 89.