57 Neb. 49 | Neb. | 1898
Elizabeth J. McConniff brought this action in the district court of Lancaster county to foreclose a chattel mortgage made and delivered to her by Alice E. Yan Dusen and R. J. Brydon. At the instance of the plaintiff, a receiver was appointed and the mortgaged property, which consisted of a stock of millinery goods, was taken from the possession of the mortgagors and sold at public auction under the direction of the court. Mrs. McConniff became the purchaser. Before the commencement of the trial the appellants Pratt, Simmons & Krausnick became a party to the action by intervention. They allege in their petition, with much elaboration, that they are the owners of a portion of the property in controversy; that the mortgagors purchased and obtained possession of the same by false representations touching their financial responsibility; that the sale was seasonably re
The writer was at first inclined to think that the court intended to base its finding of the issues on the evidence adduced at the trial; but, as the result of a closer examination and more careful analysis of the language contained in the journal entry, we are all agreed that the interveners were cast in their action because the trial court found their claim had not been reduced to judgment and that their petition was deficient in equity. These reasons are insufficient. They do not justify the conclusion or judgment. The property in question, or its proceeds, was in the custody of the court. The interveners claimed a portion of it adversely to the original parties to the action. They averred facts in their peti
Reversed and remanded.