Hanscom v. Meyer
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe district court of Douglas county. Heard below before Keysor, J. for definition of newspaper, cited Bouvier’s Law Dictionary; Abbott’s Law Dictionary; Century Dictionary; Beecher v. Stephens, 25 Minn., 146; Hull v. King, 38 Minn., 349. Our court has expressed itself as follows: “Legal advertisements should not be inserted in an obscure paper where the probabilities are that they will be seen by but few, when theré is a paper of general circulation in the…
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Appeal from tbe district court of Douglas county. Heard below before Keysor, J. for definition of newspaper, cited Bouvier’s Law Dictionary; Abbott’s Law Dictionary; Century Dictionary; Beecher v. Stephens, 25 Minn., 146; Hull v. King, 38 Minn., 349. Our court has expressed itself as follows: “Legal advertisements should not be inserted in an obscure paper where the probabilities are that they will be seen by but few, when theré is a paper of general circulation in the county, because the object of the law will be in part at least defeated.” State v. Holliday, 35 Nebr., 327. To this point,…
1Opinion of the CourtHolcomb, J.
In proceedings of foreclosure of a real estate mortgage in the district court of Douglas county, on an application for confirmation of a sale of real estate made in said action, the defendants, appellants, objected thereto, and moved to set aside the sale, on the ground that notice of sale by publication in the Omaha Mercury was insufficient, alleging that that publication was not a newspaper as provided by section 497 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The objection was overruled, and by appeal the case is brought to tins court. The section referred to provides as follows: “Lands and tenements,…
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