5.  The  circuit  court  has  no  power  to  set  aside  a  sale  of  land,
made  under  its  j  udgment,  because  of  error  apparent  in  the  record,
in  the  judgment  under  which  it  was  made.  Yanbussum  v.  Moloney,
2  Met.  551.
6.  "When  land  is  to  be  sold  by  a  commissioner,  to  pay  the  amount
of  a  judgment,  it  is  proper  to  leave  to  the  discretion  of  the  com-
missioner, what  part  he  will  sell  in  case  less  than  the  whole  will
satisfy  the  judgment.  An  abuse  of  this  discretion  may  be  correct-
ed by  the  court.     Vanbussum  v.  Moloney,  2  Met.  551.
7.  The  requirement  of  a  judgment  that  the  land  adjudged  to  be
sold  shall  be  advertised  at  the  court-house  door  in  the  town  of  H.,
and  at  two  or  more  public  places,  is  not  complied  with  by  an
advertisement  at  the  court-house  door,  and  at  two  other  places  in
the  town  of  H.     Vanbussum  v.  Moloney,  2  Met.  552.
8.  After  the  confirmation  of  a  sale  of  town  lots,  owned  by
tenants  in  common,  some  of  whom  are  infants,  the  court  has  no


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power,  after  the  close  of  the  term  to  review  the  judgment.     Todd
V.  Bowd,  1  Met.  284;  sec.  579,  Civil  Code.
9.  The  accepted  bidder  at  a  judicial  sale  acquires  no  independent
right,  as  in  the  case  of  a  purchaser  under  execution,  to  have  his
purchase  completed,  but  is  nothing  more  than  a  preferred  bidder,
depending  on  the  sound,  equitable  discretion  of  the  chancellor  for
a  confirmation  of  the  sale.  Vanhussum  v.  Moloney,  2  Met.  552;
Taylor  v.  Gilpin,  3  Met.  546;  Basey  v.  Hardin,  2  B.  Mon.  411;  3
Dana,  614;  5  B.  Mon.  494.
