Court Opinion

ID: 5455853
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-09 19:19:15.1201+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:32:39.040076
License: Public Domain

Davies, Ch. J. (After stating the facts).
The appellants submit no points. The defendants asked for no affirmative relief..
Upon the facts found by the referee the judgment was clearly correct, and as there does not appear to have been an exception taken, nothing is reviewable in this court except the conclusions of law found by the referee. If they are correct there is nothing for this court to pass upon.
It is too plain to need argument or authority to sustain the position that, upon these facts, the plaintiff was entitled to judgment. The original judgment was agreed to be satisfied on certain specific terms and conditions. The defendants did not comply therewith, and, therefore, they were not entitled to have the judgment satisfied except upon payment of the amount due thereon. It is not pretended that they ha-ve ever done, or offered to do this. They did, however, wrongfully obtain a satisfaction-piece, prepared and executed by the plaintiff, and deposited by him with a third party, to be delivered *446on the defendants complying with said terms and conditions. They obtained that satisfaction-piece without complying with said terms and conditions, wrongfully if not fraudulently, and used the same in procuring the cancelation of said judgment of record. The plaintiff was entitled to have said satisfaction-piece canceled, and the lien of said judgment restored. This has been done by the judgment entered in this action, properly guarding the rights of bona fide purchasers or incumbrancers since said judgment was canceled of record.
The judgment was in all respects correct, and should be affirmed with costs.
All the judges concurred.
Judgment affirmed.