Bertonazzi v. Mechanics National Bank

In this action the plaintiffs seek a declaration that a sheriff’s sale of their home is null and void. The defendant bank was a judgment creditor and levied on the property. The plaintiffs do not claim any error in the proceedings prior to the defendant bank’s having received the execution. The plaintiffs claim that the sale of the property should be voided because (1) the sale was adjourned on two separate occasions to holidays (May 30 and July 4), and that the “adjournments” were not announced until the next day, thus violating G. L. c. 236, § 29,3 by permitting an adjournment for more than…