Riffel v. Turner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was a proceeding to amerce a sheriff for neglecting and refusing, without just cause, to sell property (wheat crop in shock) of a judgment debtor under a general execution. The judgment creditor prevailed, and the sheriff appeals.

Appellee filed a motion to amerce the sheriff. The substance of the motion was as follows; Appellee, on March 9, 1937, obtained a judgment in the district court of Sedgwick county against J. E. Konecny in the sum of $200. Konecny was a tenant farmer in Butler county and owned a two-thirds interest in a wheat…