Case Name: New Hampshire Savings Bank, appellee, v. Sarepta S. Dillrance et al., appellants
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Decision Date: 1902-01-08
Citations: 63 Neb. 412
Docket Number: No. 10,727
Parties: New Hampshire Savings Bank, appellee, v. Sarepta S. Dillrance et al., appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Nebraska Reports
Volume: 63
Pages: 412–413

Head Matter:
New Hampshire Savings Bank, appellee, v. Sarepta S. Dillrance et al., appellants.
Filed January 8, 1902.
No. 10,727.
1. Preponderance of Evidence: Number of Witnesses. The preponderance of evidence is not determined alone by the greater number of witnesses who testify .in favor of a party.
2. Appraisement: Conflicting: Evidence. The finding of the trial court, upon conflicting evidence, that an appraisement of real property for judicial sale was fair will ordinarily be sustained on review.
Appeal from the district court for Douglas county. Heard below before Keysor, J.
Affirmed.
Wiliam A. Redick, for appellants.
G. H. BalUet, contra.

Opinion:
Norval, O. J.
This appeal is from an order confirming the sale of real estate made under a decree of foreclosure of a mortgage. We are asked to pass upon but a single question, namely, whether the premises were appraised too low. The property was found by the appraisers to be of the value of $22,-500, from which they deducted $2,937.66 for taxes, appraising the defendants' interest at $19,562.34.' Plaintiff became the purchaser at the sale, paying $15,000 for the premises. A mass of testimony was taken on the hearing in the court below on the motion to vacate the appraisement, which has been incorporated in the bill of exceptions. Eleven witnesses called by the defendants, placed the value of the property at $30,000 and upwards, and six witnesses on behalf of the plaintiff, placed the value from $16,500 to $20,000. While defendants' contention is sustained by the greater number of witnesses, that does not of itself determine the question of value in their favor. There was ample evidence to establish that the appraisement was fair, and not made fraudulently. The order is
Affirmed.