Cauthen v. Cauthen
Cauthen v. Cauthen
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
This case has been before this Court twice before (70 S. C., 167, 49 S. E., 321, and 76 S. C., 226). Pull statements of facts were made in the former *457 appeals. This appeal is from an order of Judge James Aid-rich miade to carry into effect the last decree of this Court.
The following statement will show that Cauthen owes the clerk on his bid $2,846.87, with interest from 4th December, 1905:
The 470-acre tract brought..................$1,825 00
The 384-acre tract brought.................. 6,000 00
Gross sales................................$7,825 00
Amount of costs as taxed.................... 448 85
Net sales..............................$7,376 15
Amount of judgment or claim reported by referee, ordered to be paid first.....................$3,299 64
Interest on same from 26th September, 1905, the date to which referee computed, to 4th December, 1905, the date of sale................ 43 62
- 3,343 26
Surplus proceeds of sale........... . $4,032 89
The interest of W. B. Cauthen in the surplus proceeds of sale is three-tenths ....................... 1,209 87
*458 Amount of Cauthen’s bid.......... $6,000 00
Amount of claim reported by referee, $3,299.64, less $1,400.00 paid Green & Hines for Cauthen......$1,899 64
Interest on amount reported by referee, $3,299.64'from 26th September, 1905, to 4th December, 1905. 43 62
Cauthen’s interest in the surplus proceeds of sale.................. 1,209 87
- 3,153 13
All that Cauthen could be required to pay at the time of the sale......... $2,846 87
He, therefore, owes this amount and interest thereon from 4th December, 1905.
As we understand, the sum of $448.85 deducted from the bids in the foregoing statement covers all costs. As to part of this taxation of costs there is litigation between the parties, and the fund reserved to pay the disputed costs will be distributed hereafter according to the result of the litigation about the costs.
The judgment of this Court is, that the judgment of the Circuit Court be affirmed.
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