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63 Neb. 78

Gooding v. Ransom

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided December 4, 1901

Nebraska Supreme Court · decided 1901-12-04

Error from the district court for Cedar county. Tried below before Evans, J. The error taken arises upon confirmation of the sale of certain real estate in the village of Hartington. The record will disclose the following facts, orders, sales, etc.: Decree was rendered April 18, 1896, and stay of nine months taken. First order of sale issued March 10, 1897; certifi-, cates and copy of appraisement filed March 1.1, 1897.

Affirmed · Decided 1901-12-04

Norval, C. J.

¶1This proceeding was taken to review the order of the court below confirming the sale of real estate made by the sheriff under a decree of foreclosure. The contention is that the order of sale does not conform to the decree, in that the decree designated which portion of the property should be first offered for sale, while the order of sale contained no' such provision. But this variance is immaterial, since the issuance of an order of sale was wholly unnecessary. The decree constituted the authority of the officer to make the sale, and it disclosed that the part of the property required to be first offered was the only tract sold, the remaining portion of the premises not having been sold for want of bidders.

¶2The sheriff failed to note in his return the hour of the day the order of sale came into his hands. But the omission did not vitiate the sale, and Burkett v. Clark, 46 Nebr., 474, does not so hold.

¶3*81Nor is the sale invalidated because the order of sale contained no provision that it should be returned within sixty days from its date. The sale was had and return made within the period specified, which was sufficient. The statute prescribes the time within which a sheriff shall make the sale of real estate and file his return, and the order of sale need not contain any provision upon the subject.

¶4Objection is made that there were no applications to the county clerk, clerk of the district court and county treasurer for certificates as to liens and incumbrances against the property. This point is not available, because the transcript before us does not purport to be a complete copy of the entire record below. The clerk of the district court merely certifies that the transcript contains copies of certain enumerated papers and proceedings in the case. Error must affirmatively appear. It will not be presumed. For the same reason we can not consider the objection that no copy of the appraisement was filed in the time required by law.

¶5The order of the court confirming the sale is

¶6A FIRMED.

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