77 Neb. 215 | Neb. | 1906
This was an action instituted in the district court for Holt county, Nebraska, in the nature of a bill of revivor of a judgment entered in said court on the 30th day of November, 1891, for the foreclosure of a deed of trust executed and delivered to secure the payment of a promissory note therein described. It appears from the petition filed that all the parties in interest were duly served and in court at the time of the original decree of foreclosure; that thereafter an order of sale was duly issued upon the decree and the sale had, at which the beneficiary, the legal holder of the note, was the purchaser by his attorney; that thereafter the sale was confirmed and deed issued to the executors of the holder of the note, who had departed this life before the'sale was had; that thereafter, it being made to appear to the court that the holder of the note, A.
The sole question presented is as to the sufficiency of the petition to support the judgment. The contention seems to be that a judgment can only be revived on motion or on supplemental petition, but not by an original bill. The petition plainly on its face states a meritorious cause of action entitling plaintiff to equitable relief, unless he is foreclosed of such relief by the provisions of the code governing the revivor of actions. While the action was not brought within one year of the time the right accrued, as provided for in sections 456 to 470 of the code, yet the summary method pointed out in these sections of our statute have been held not to prescribe an exclusive method of
We are therefore of opinion that plaintiffs’ petition is sufficient to sustain the judgment, and we recommend that the judgment of the district court be affirmed.
By the Court: For the reasons given in the foregoing opinion, the judgment of the district court is
Affirmed.