Nelson v. Farmland Security Co.

This is a proceeding in error to reverse a decree of the district court of Dawes county foreclosing a real estate mortgage executed by Peter B. Nelson and now owned by the intervener, John A. Hamilton. After the cause had been pending for nearly five years it was called for trial, and tried and determined at a special term held on September 27, 1898. The jurisdiction of the court and the validity of its judgment are called in question. Section 25, chapter 19, Compiled Statutes 1897, is as follows: “A special term may be ordered and held by the district judge in any county in his district, for…