Appleby v. Farmers State Bank of Dows

On December 20, 1940, tbe defendant bank, which was then the holder of a judgment against Myron Appleby and Margaret Appleby, caused to be issued out of the office of the clerk of the District Court of Franklin County an execution, under which the sheriff levied upon the interest of Myron Apple-by in certain real estate. On January 24, 1941, an execution sale was held and this interest was purchased by the judgment creditor, and a sheriff’s certificate of sale was duly issued to it. Nothing more was done until July 14, 1951, when the defendant herein presented the certificate to the then…