232 - Purchases by certain officers prohibited; penalty.

§  232.  Purchases by certain officers prohibited; penalty. No officer  making a sale as prescribed in section 231, or  guardian  of  an  infant  party,  or  any  person  for  his benefit, directly or indirectly, shall  purchase or be interested in the purchase of any of the  property  sold;  except  that  a  guardian, where he is lawfully authorized to do so, may  purchase for the benefit or in behalf of his ward. The violation of this  section is a misdemeanor; and a purchase made contrary to  this  section  is void.