Case Name: Thomas Yule, plaintiff and appellee, v. John L. Black et al., defendants and appellants
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Decision Date: 1889-01
Citations: 25 Neb. 572
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas Yule, plaintiff and appellee, v. John L. Black et al., defendants and appellants.
Judges: The other judges concur.
Reporter: Nebraska Reports
Volume: 25
Pages: 572–574

Head Matter:
Thomas Yule, plaintiff and appellee, v. John L. Black et al., defendants and appellants.
Appeal from the district court of Pierce county. Heard below before Crawford, J.
JET. C. Brome, for appellants.
Pemberton & Bush and J. A. Smith, for appellee.

Opinion:
Cobb, J.
The pleadings in this cause were the same as those in the preceding case of the same plaintiff against Amelia P. Webster, except as to the description of the land involved, and that, in addition to the claim of title by the defendants by, through, and under a deed from James H. Brown, based upon his tax deed from the county treasurer of Pierce county, they also claim title to a part of the land involved by, through, and under a deed executed by E. P. Weatherby upon a title derived by him by, through, and under a sheriff's deed, executed by the sheriff of Pierce county, upon a sale of said land by said sheriff under the decree in the case of John A. Van Steenberg v. A. A. Campbell, Administrator, and others, as fully set out in the opinion in said case, and which deed was alleged by the petition in this case to have conveyed no title as against the said Ralph Kipp, for the reason that he was not a party to said action, nor against the said John A. Van Steenberg, for the reason that the said E. P. Weatherby was then his attorney in said cause. The cause was tried to the district court upon the-same evidence as that used in the preceding case, and with the same findings and decree, except that the said court found, in addition to its findings as in the case above referred to, "that the sale under said decree of foreclosure-of the south half of the south-east quarter of section No.. 18, in township 26 north, of range 2 west, in said Pierce-county, to the said E. P. Weatherby, was null and void, and conveyed no title of said land to said E. P. Weatherby, and that the deed of said land from E. P. Weatherby to-Brice Black (the ancestor of defendants) conveyed no title of said lands to said Brice Black, but that said invalid foreclosure sale and the deed thereunder did amount to and' was an assignment to said E. P. Weatherby pro tanto of the mortgage so attempted to be foreclosed, and the said deed from said E. P. Weatherby to said Brice Black amounted to and was an assignment to said Brice Black of' all said E. P. Weatherby's interest in and to said mortgage so attempted to be foreclosed; that the plaintiff is entitled to a decree quieting his title to the said east half of the south-west quarter of said section 18, upon his paying into, said court, for the use of defendants, the amount of the taxes paid by defendants and their ancestor, Brice Black, and his grantor, J. H. Brown, with interest thereon at twelve per cent per annum from the date of payment to, the date of said decree; that said south half of the southeast quarter of said section 18 was sold to said E. P. Weatherby for the sum of $80, and that plaintiff is the-owner, by assignment from said John A. Van Steenberg, of all of. said mortgage which was attempted to be foreclosed as aforesaid, except the part thereof assigned to E. P. Weatherby by said attempted foreclosure sale, and that; plaintiff is entitled to redeem said premises from the lien of said mortgage, by paying into court, for the use of the defendants, said sum of $80, with interest thereon at twelve per cent per annum from the date of said attempted sale, to-wit, April 16,1880, to the date of this (said) decree, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of $154, and by also paying into court, for the use and benefit of the defendants, all the taxes paid upon said last above described premises by them and their ancestor, said Brice Black, and his grantor, said E. P. "Weatherby, with interest thereon at twelve per cent per annum from the dates of such payments to the date of this (said) decree."
Said decree further recites that, " to ascertain the amount of taxes and interest to be paid into court for defendant under the above findings, this court did, on the 12th day of December, 1887, appoint Eugene Moore, Esq., referee to fake testimony and make examination for that purpose, and make report of said amount to said court, and the..... day of December, 1887, said referee filed his report, from which the court finds that the aggregate amount of said taxes and interest on both pieces of land is $180.33." With decree for plaintiff following such findings.
For the reasons and upon the considerations stated in the opinion in the case of Yule v. Webster, at the present term, the judgment of the district court is affirmed.
Judgment afeikmed.
The other judges concur.