Uhl v. May
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from tbe district court of Eicbardson c.ounty. Tried below before Weaver, J. The opinion states the ca!se. I. A judgment lien is superior to an unrecorded deed, and, therefore, stronger than a mere verbal sale, as set up in plaintiff’s petition. Freeman on Judgments, Sec. 366. Gower v. Doheney, 33 Iowa, 36. MoFadden v. Worthington, 45 111., 362. Bennet v. FooJes, 1 Neb., 465. II.
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Error from tbe district court of Eicbardson c.ounty. Tried below before Weaver, J. The opinion states the ca!se. I. A judgment lien is superior to an unrecorded deed, and, therefore, stronger than a mere verbal sale, as set up in plaintiff’s petition. Freeman on Judgments, Sec. 366. Gower v. Doheney, 33 Iowa, 36. MoFadden v. Worthington, 45 111., 362. Bennet v. FooJes, 1 Neb., 465. II. The holder of a judgment has a lien on all the land that the records show in the judgment debtor. Martin v. Dryden, 7 111., 187. Massey v. Westoott, 40 111., 160. III. Possession under a parol contract of sale…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
On the 29th day of June, 1874, John May filed his petition in the district court of Richardson county against George P. Uhl, Elizabeth Montcravie and N. O. Cunningham, alleging that “ in the year 1866 he purchased from Elizabeth Montcravie, for the agreed price of two hundred dollars, which he then paid to her, the following tract of land situated in the county of Richardson, in the state of Nebraska, to-wit: The northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section twelve, in township three, north of range sixteen east, containing forty acres. The said Elizabeth Montcravie was then the owner…
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