Verdon State Bank v. Smyth

A statute, so familiar as the one fixing the period of redemption following sales of real estate in foreclosure, cannot properly be considered apart from the decisions in which it has been expounded and applied. Why eighteen months for redemption from foreclosure in one case, and only six months in another? Because the statute says so. Quite so; but why does the statute say so? This court has explained this point time and again. In the recent case of Langworthy v. Martin, 129 Kan. 159, 281 Pac. 879, it was said:

“Appellant contends that the $7,500' mortgage which is foreclosed in the instant…