Crebbin v. Powell
Crebbin v. Powell
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The plaintiff in error, a resident of Colorado, placed in the hands of his attorney in Denver a note, with a mortgage on lands in Comanche county, Kansas, securing it, for collection. This attorney forwarded the same to an attorney living at Coldwater, in Comanche county, for foreclosure, which was had, with a stay of sale for six months. It seems that the local attorney who procured the foreclosure removed from the county prior to the sale and left the further supervision of the matter with another attorney there. The plaintiff knew nothing about this subsequent arrangement between attorneys. He was not represented at the sale by any one, and the land, which was worth $200 at the time, was stricken off to the defendant in error for $10. The
We are well satisfied that neither one of these things-nor both taken together are sufficient to require the-setting aside of the deed. Had the court sustained the motion to set aside and refused to confirm, suck action would hardly have been ground of error, but this was not done. The sale was confirmed, the court at the time having the motion to set aside before it. This motion contained as grounds therefor substan-stantially the reasons which are now urged why the deed should be set aside, to wit, the negligence of the attorney and inadequacy of price. This action of the court in overruling the motion to set aside and sus-
The case of Phillips v. Love, 57 Kan. 828, 48 Pac. 142, involved this exact question, and it was there held that such independent action could not be maintained. If, however, we were to consider the case upon its merits we should find no error. The inadequacy of price is not glaring, as it appears the defendant actually paid at least one-half the value of the land. The fact that plaintiff’s representatives were not diligent in guarding his rights adds little to. his claim. If they were unfaithful, he has his remedy against them.
Finding no error in the judgment of the court, it is affirmed.
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- Alfred Crebbin v. William H. Powell
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- SYLLABUS BY THE COURT. Judicial Sale — Independent Aetion to Set Aside Deed. A. sheriff’s deed will not be set aside in an independent action for that'purpose upon the grounds of inadequacy of price paid and negligence of plaintiff’s attorney in guarding his interests, and especially so where those reasons for setting aside the sale were presented by written motion at the time the sale was confirmed and the deed ordered.