Lynn v. Dodge

COOK, Justice.

The writ of certiorari is quashed as having been improvidently granted. Notwithstanding, this Court points out that it does not agree with all the reasoning and views expressed in the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals. See Lynn v. Dodge, 727 So.2d 89 (Ala.Civ.App.1997).

The Court of Civil Appeals concluded that a sheriffs sale is a judicial sale that requires judicial confirmation. We do not agree.

The term “sheriffs sale” is defined by Black’s Law Dictionary (6th ed.1990) as “[a] sale, commonly by auction, conducted by a sheriff or other court officer to carry out a decree of…