Alexander Levi v. John Thompson Et Al‪.‬

Mr. Hunt contended, that the legislature of the Territory of Iowa could confer no authority upon the sheriff to sell the property in question, because the title was yet in the United States, and had not passed to Levi and Thompson at the time of the sheriff's sale, and cited Bagnell et al. v. Broderick, 13 Peters, 436, and Wilcox v. Jackson, 13 Peters, 498, 516, 517. He also contended, that the sheriff's deed could pass no title, because it was sold as real estate, whereas the fee simple was at that time in the United States.