Moore v. Carr
Moore v. Carr
Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Affirming.
On January 20, 1885, W. S. Hickman by deed conveyed to Lucy M. Moore, wife of Robert L. Moore, and their children a tract of land for $4,700.00. All of the’ purchase money was paid except $700.00, for which two notes were -given, payable in one’and two years. These
It is earnestly insisted that the action having been dismissed without prejudice on July 16, 1897, could not ¡be restored to the docket on motion in 1901 and that the order restoring the action to the docket was void. But there was no objection to the order restoring the action to the docket and no exception was taken to any of the subsequent proceedings. The record warrants the conclusion that Moore and wife did not object to the action being restored to the docket, for a friend of theirs who was giving them time on the debt had bought the notes and it was to their interest to minimize cost. If a petition had been filed under section '518 of the Code this would have added cost and to avoid this cost they could consent to the old action being restored to the docket. Their failing to object and allowing that action to proceed to judgment was a consent on their part to the pro
“It is true that the dismissal of a case by an order ‘discontinuing’ it, ‘striking’ it from the docket or directing that it be ‘filed away,’ should be treated as a dismissal of the action without prejudice, which would not prevent the plaintiff or other party in interest from bringing a new action or, upon proper notice and the showing of sufficient ground’ reinstating it upon the docket.” Phillips v. Arnett, Admr., 164 Ky. 431.
. It is also insisted that the judgment against the infants was void because no bond was executed as provided by section 493 of the code.^ But it will be observed that subsections 1 and 2 of section 4891 are excepted out of the operation of section 493. This sale was made to pay a debt created in the purchase 'of the land and falls under subsection 1 and subsection 2 of section 489, for the debt was a lien upon the land and the infants could not keep the land without paying for it. 'Subsection 5 of section 49i3i provides that no bond shall be required where the court ordering the sale retains the custody and control of the fund, and in section 497 it is provided that the share of the infant in the fund shall remain a lien on the land bearing interest until he is of age. This provision applies in all cases where it is impracticable to sell so much of the property as is necessary to pay the debt and the whole property must be sold in order to prevent a sacrifice, when infants own an interest in the property. The court so ordered here. The order of sale was not void and on a collateral attack this is the only question material to be considered.
Judgment affirmed.
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