Court Opinion

ID: 6905119
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-23 21:59:06.579631+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:06:18.952029
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Harris
dissenting in part as follows:
The plaintiff bid $5,000 at the foreclosure sale; the amount of the judgment now awarded to the Northern Brewery Company is less than $5,000;-and the difference between the judgment and the sum bid would ordinarily be paid into court for distribution. Anderson alone appealed. Conceding that no one has a right to complain except the appellant, and assuming that the plaintiff is answerable to Anderson to the extent of any claim held by him, but not exceeding an amount representing the difference between the bid made by the Northern Brewery Company and the judgment obtained by it, then Anderson should, in my opinion, have a judgment against plaintiff for attorney’s fees, as well as for the balance of the principal and interest due on the note. If the amount bid by plaintiff, after crediting its judgment in full, was paid into court, then Anderson would unquestionably be entitled to have his judgment paid in full, or at least to the extent of the available proceeds; and the rights maintainable by Anderson should not be limited or curbed merely because the plaintiff is made directly accountable to Anderson.