46 Neb. 141 | Neb. | 1895
The object of this proceeding is to obtain a review of an order of the district court confirming the sale of a quarter section of land sold upon execution. The record discloses that on the 8th day of December, 1890, Aultman,
It is argued by counsel for defendants in error that Sanders, the vendee of Viergutz, is estopped from now asserting that the judgment is not a lien upon the land, as against Horace McBride, the purchaser and owner of the judgment. This position is unassailable. The proofs are uncontradicted to the effect that in August, 1892, Aultman, Miller & Co. were threatening to enforce the collection of the judgment against Sanders, and the latter, being then unable to pay it, represented to McBride that he had bought the land and that the judgment, was a lien thereon, and he would pay it. Upon these representations McBride was induced to purchase the judgment, he agreeing to extend the time for payment several months. We are constrained to hold that Sanders is estopped from claiming that the judgment was not a valid lien upon the land, although as a matter of fact it was not a lien. (Kruger v. Adams & French Harvester Co., 9 Neb., 526; Koch v. Losch, 31 Neb., 625; Grant v. Cropsey, 8 Neb., 205; Newman v. Mueller, 16 Neb., 523.) The facts constituting the estoppel are well pleaded, and the evidence supports the findings of the court.
Complaint is made in the brief of the admission of incompetent testimony. This objection is of no avail, for two reasons:. First, because the point is not raised either in the motion for a new trial or in the petition in error, and second, the hearing was before the court without a jury, and in such case error in the admission of testimony is not
Affirmed.