Falk v. Ferd. Heim Brewing Co.
Falk v. Ferd. Heim Brewing Co.
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The Ferd. Heim Brewing Company sued Charles Hahn and Rosina and Reinhart Falk on two notes, each secured by a mortgage on the same real estate. One mortgage, for $1000, .was executed by Hahn alone while he owned the property; the other, for $800, by Hahn and the two Falks after the transfer of the property to them. Judgment was rendered on both notes and for the sale of the property
To sustain their contention, plaintiffs in error cite Ferrier v. Deutchman, 111 Ind. 330, 12 N. E. 497 ; Brown v. McKay, 16 id. 484, and Hutchens v. Doe, 3 id. 528. These cases hold that where a sale of real estate is made upon several executions, one of them being based upon a judgment which is void or which is afterward reversed, the sale is invalid. Assuming the correctness of these decisions, a distinction might well be made in the case at bar because of the fact that the lien of the judgment attacked ^as inferior to that of the pther judgment, the validity of which was conceded. But the doctrine of the cases cited is recognized as exceptional. (Herm. Ex. § 207, and cases cited.)
Under the circumstances of this case, we see no reason for holding that the judgment defendants were entitled to have the sale set aside, much less ignored.
The judgment is affirmed.
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- SYLLABUS BY THE COURT. Judicial Sale — Effect of Reversal of Judgment. Where a sheriff’s sale of real estate is made under a special execution based upon two judgments rendered in the same action, brought to foreclose first and second mortgages on such real estate, the fact that the judgment on the inferior mortgage is afterward reversed does not affect the validity of the sale, even where the judgment plaintiff is the purchaser.