Court Opinion

ID: 7884469
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-08 21:38:14.865855+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:31:42.369991
License: Public Domain

The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The question presented in this case is, whether the district court committed error in confirming the sale of real estate had in the action. An examination of the *188order of sale shows, that said order was issued August 15th 1876, on a judgment rendered 3d November 1875, and that the property sold consisted of certain real estate, described as lot No. 4, in block No. 44, with all the improvements thereon, situated in the town of Peru, Chautauqua county; that nothing was stated in the order as to any waiver of appraisement. The proceedings of the officer do not purport anywhere to show that any appraisement of the real estate was had, nor that said property was sold for two-thirds of any appraised value. If we go further, and inspect the judgment in the case, we ascertain that the action was upon a promissory note, of the date of February 1st 1874, and that there was no waiver of appraisement in said judgment. In thé action, an order of attachment was issued, and the real estate sold was attached under said process, and ordered sold to satisfy the judgment. Upon these facts, the order of the court confirming the said sale of real estate was erroneous. The proceedings of the officer were not in conformity with the law. In the absence of a waiver of appraisement in the written contract, on which judgment is rendered, and from the journal entry of such judgment, the statute prescribes that the officer levying an execution upon lands and tenements shall have the same valued by three disinterested ' householders of the county where the lands are situate, and that no such property shall be sold for less than two-thirds of the value returned in the inquest. This law is as applicable to orders of sales as to executions, and therefore the order of confirmation in the case will be reversed.
All the Justices concurring.