Modern Finance Co. v. Murrell Blankenship

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In 1954, Modern Finance Company obtained judgment against Jonah Blankenship, on a note. In 1959, execution was levied on a diesel motor purportedly owned by Jonah, which at one time had been used in a sawmill operation but which for several years had been resting, unused, on a bed of timbers on Jonah’s farm. The motor was sold at execution sale for $3,00. Upon filing of the sheriff’s report of sale Jonah’s young grandson, James Earl Blankenship, intervened and claimed ownership of the motor, alleging that he had purchased it from his grandfather in 1957. The issue of…