Federal Land Bank of Saint Paul v. Gefroh

MESCHKE, Justice.

Gordon G. Gefroh appeals from a judgment evicting him from his farm and granting possession of it to the Federal Land Bank of Saint Paul, and from an order denying his motion to vacate the judgment. Gefroh asserts that the Bank is barred by § 10-22-19, N.D.C.C., from maintaining this action in state court; and that, because title to the property stems from a federal land patent, it was immune from mortgage foreclosure. We reject both contentions and affirm.

During February 1984, the Bank obtained a judgment of foreclosure on Ge-froh’s property. Gefroh failed to redeem and the…