First National Bank & Trust Co. of Racine v. Hardy
First National Bank & Trust Co. of Racine v. Hardy
Opinion of the Court
The jurisdiction of the trial court to relieve against the previous order confirming the sale in response to defendant’s petition must be found in sec. 269.46 (1), Stats., which provides as follows :
“The court may, upon notice and just terms, at any time within one year after notice thereof, relieve a party from a judgment, order, stipulation or other proceeding against him obtained, through his mistake, inadvertence, surprise or excusable neglect and may supply an omission in any proceeding.”
That' the court assumed to act under this section is extremely*doubtful in view of the terms of the order appealed from. ' Had the order been grounded on mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or' excusable neglect, it seems unlikely that it would have been made conditional upon the performance by defendants of acts that have no relation to their obligations under the judgment of foreclosure. The purpose of the order, and its sole purpose, was either to enforce between the parties a legally unenforceable oral land contract, and this
Order reversed, and cause remanded with directions to set aside and vacate the order appealed from.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- First National Bank & Trust Company of Racine, Guardian v. Hardy and others
- Status
- Published