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69 Colo. 453

Olson v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided January 10, 1921

Supreme Court of Colorado · decided 1921-01-10

<p>1. Attachment — Levy on Real Estate — Title. An attachment on land alleged to belong to a judgment debtor, was properly dismissed where the evidence failed to disclose that he ever had legal or equitable title to the premises!</p>

Affirmed · Decided 1921-01-10

Per Curiam.

¶1The plaintiff in error secured a judgment against the defendant in. error, Hans Johnson, in the County Court of Phillips County. Attachment was issued against the property of the said defendant. Levy was made upon a certain tract of land.

¶2Thereafter the defendant in error, Manuel Anderson, filed his petition in intervention claiming ownership of the tract levied upon. The case was certified to the District Court and the issue tried.

¶3The court found that at the time the levy was made, the defendant Johnson was not the owner of the land nor of any interest therein, and dismissed the writ of attachment.

¶4Examination of the evidence fails to disclose that the said defendant Johnson ever had legal or equitable title to the premises.

¶5The judgment is affirmed.

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