Bullock,  27  E.  507  (Err.  &  App.  1875).  Syllabus.  "Where  the
purchaser  and  sheriff  [innocently]  stated  to  bidders  the  amount
of  certain  legacies  charged  on  the  lands,  as  fixed  amounts,  when
the  payment  was  contingent,  and  the  sums  not  apportioned  be-
tween different  parcels  of  land,  the  sale  will  be  set  aside."  In
Williams  v.  Doran,  23  E.  386  (Chan.  1873),  "The  sheriff  told
him  [defendant]  he  would  grant  [another  adjournment],  but
directed  him  to  see  the  solicitor  in  the  suit,  and  get  his  consent.
He  saw  the  solicitor  and  got  his  consent,  and  so  told  the  sheriff,
but  the  solicitor  sent  no  written  direction,  nor  gave  any  by  parol
to  the  sheriff.  On  the  day  of  sale  neither  Doran  nor  the  solicitor
appeared,  and  the  sheriff,  instead  of  adjourning  the  sale,  sold  off
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498       '  SALE.
