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53 Mo. 598

Warner v. Sharp

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided October 15, 1873

Supreme Court of Missouri · decided 1873-10-15

I. The deed from the sheriff was improperly admitted. It does not appear from the deed, wliat court, if any, or authority, ordered the sale of the real estate in said deed described. (Tanner vs. Stine, 18 Mo., 580 ; Lackey vs. Lubke, 36 Mo., 115; McCormick vs. Fitzmorris, 39 Mo., 24; Bn-, ehanan vs. Tracy, 45 Mo., 437.) 2. The date of the order is totally omitted.

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently April 1886

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Decided 1873-10-15

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Adams, Judge,

¶1delivered the opinion of the court.

¶2This was ejectment for land in Montgomery county, being the west half of lots one and two of the north-east quarter, and the. north-west quarter of section three, in township fifty of range six.

¶3Both parties claimed title under Josiali Whiteside.

¶4The defendant claims by virtue of a sheriff’s deed made under a foreclosure sale of a mortgage, which had been given by Whiteside to secure the loan of school monies. The mortgage was given prior to the emanation of plaintiff’s title, and was duly acknowledged and recorded. '

¶5The case was submitted to the court sitting as a jury, and resulted in a finding and judgment for the defendant.

¶6On the trial, the defendant gave evidence conducing to show, that in 1864 all the records of Montgomery county had been .destroyed by fire, and also gave evidence conducing to show, that the County Court of Montgomery county, on account of non-payment of the interest due on the debt from Whiteside, had ordered the land under the mortgage to be sold by the sheriff.

¶7The defendant then offered the sheriff’s deed, which was made in pursuance of the foreclosure sale. The plaintiff ob*600jected, because the recitals of the deed did not show by what court the order of sale was made. The deed recites, that at the June adjourned term, it was ordered, that the sheriff sell to the highest bidder at the court-house door, in the town of Danville, for cash in hand, on the 1th Monday of October next, during the sitting of the Circuit Court, all the right, title, and interest of Josiah Whiteside, in, and to the lands (describing them) and reciting the mortgage debt, &c.

¶8Although the court is not named in the recital by which this order of sale was made, it sufficiently appears, that, it was the County Court, as there was no other court which had jurisdiction to make this sort of summary order, to foreclose a mortgage to secure school funds. This objection was not tenable, and the court properly overruled it.

¶9The plaintiff also objected to the sheriff’s deed, because it did not recite the day of the month on which the order for sale was made.

¶10The deed recites, that the order was'made at the June ad- . journed term, 1862.

¶11If it was necessary to ascertain thé exact day of the month, that might be done by reference to the record, “ id certu mest quod cerium reddi potest.”

¶12I think the sheriff’s deed was properly admitted as evidence. Judgment affirmed.

The other Judges cpncur.
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