Logan v. Hale
Logan v. Hale
Opinion of the Court
Waiving the question whether the levy of the defendants’ attachment and execution, and the threatened sale under the execution, created a cloud upon the plaintiff’s title, and whether the plaintiff had such a possession of the land sold
The Court also erred in refusing to amend its findings on the request of the plaintiff. The findings, as filed, omitted
It was admitted at the trial that the plaintiff was the owner, in possession, of the whole of a tract containing over twenty-five hundred acres, except a small parcel in one corner thereof, containing about one hundred and twenty-five acres, which it was claimed he had sold to Robinson by a verbal contract. It was not pretended that Robinson had any interest, whatever, except in the small parcel above referred to, and yet the Sheriff levied upon and advertised for sale "Robinson’s interest in the whole tract. When the judgment debtor has, or claims, an interest in only a small, well defined parcel of a much larger tract, it is extremely irregular, to say the least, to levy the execution upon his interest in the general tract, instead of the particular parcel which he claims. I am strongly inclined to think, but do not express a positive opinion on the point, that upon an irregular levy of this character, and a threatened’ sale under it, the plaintiff, in possession of the larger tract, would be entitled to enjoin the sale, except of the smaller parcel claimed by the judgment debtor.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded for a new trial.
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- PLEASANT D. LOGAN v. JOHN S. HALE, M. LEVENSOHN, and J. B. GALLAND
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- Subrogation or Judgment Debtor to Interest or Judgment Debt- or in Land.—If A. makes a verbal contract with B. to sell him a tract of land, and puts B. in possession thereof, judgment creditors of B. do not thereby, by virtue of the lien of their j udgment or the levy of an execution, acquire such an interest in the land as to entitle them to be subrogated to B.’s rights, and to compel A. to make a conveyance to them upon paying him the purchase price which B. was to pay. Lien or Judgment Creditor.—If A. makes a verbal contract with B. to sell him a tract of land, and B. goes into possession, B.’s judgment creditors acquire no interest in the land except a lien on his interest to he enforced by sale on execution. Parties to Suit in Equity.—If A. makes a verbal contract with B. to sell him a tract of land, and puts him in possession, B. is a necessary party to an action commenced by the judgment creditors against A. to be subrogated to B.’s rights in the land. The Court Must Supply Omissions in Findings.—If the findings of a Court omit material facts in the cause, it is the duty of the Court to supply the omissions when its attention is called to the subject by proper exceptions to the findings. Levy Upon Land, when Irregular.—When the judgment debtor has, or claims, an interest in only a small, well defined parcel of a much larger tract of land, it is extremely irregular, to say the least, to levy the execution upon his interest in the general tract instead of the particular parcel he claims. Enjoining Sale on Execution.—If the owner of a large tract of land contracts to sell a part of it, and the judgment creditors of the party with whom he contracts attempt to sell the whole tract on execution, the Court intimates that the owner may enjoin the sale, except as to the part contracted to be sold.