55 Neb. 200 | Neb. | 1898
This was an action of ejectment in which there was final judgment in favor of the defendants in the district court of Otoe county. The trial was to the court without a jury, and the correctness of its conclusion depends upon a single question, which is presented by the following facts: Previous to March 14, 1890, the real property in controversy was owned by the ancestor of the plaintiffs in error. On that day there were two petitions and other proper showings for an attachment, which issued against said owner of the real property in dispute in as many actions. The attachment defendant, at the time of ail the transactions herein referred to, was a non-resident of this state. The levies of the writs of attachment were made respectively, on March 20,
In Darnell v. Mack, 46 Neb. 740, this exact question was not involved, but arguendo there were cited several cases in support of the proposition that jurisdiction to order a sale depends upon the lawful seizure of the property, and that subsequent defects may render the judgment erroneous, but not void. We have again examined these cases and find that they sustain the proposition in support of .which they were cited. (Cooper v. Reynolds, 10 Wall. [U. S.] 308; Paine v. Mooreland, 15 O. 435; In re Clark, 3 Den. [N. Y.] 167; Beech v. Abbott, 6 Vt. 586; Williams v. Stewart, 3 Wis. 678; Field v. Dortch, 34 Ark. 399; Hardin v. Lee, 51 Mo. 241.) We could add nothing of value by going over the propositions considered in Darnell v..Mack, supra, and hence refrain from any attempts in that direction. The reasoning meets our approval, as applied to the facts of this case, and it is necessary merely to refer to that reasoning for a discussion ql the pivotal question with which we are dealing.
AFFIRMED.