Smith v. Kornkven

Burr, Ch. J.

Plaintiff claims an estate in real property situated in the city of Bottineau. The defendant alleges that the Bottineau National Bank, of which he is receiver, holds a sheriff’s certificate upon execution sale of the said property; and that any interests which the plaintiff appears to have was obtained by him “for the purpose of cheating, frauding, and hindering the said E. A. Ilornkven as receiver of the Bottineau National Bank in the collection of his judgment.”

There is little dispute in the facts. In 1925 the Bottineau Oil Company, built a service station on the premises…