Stocker v. Puckett

Citations

• 17 S.D. 267
• 96 N.W. 91
• 1903 S.D. LEXIS 39

Syllabus

<p>Comp. Laws 1887, § 5151, authorizes a judgment debtor or a “redemptioner” to redeem property sold on execution within one year after the sale. Section 5152 declares that, if a redemptioner redeems, “the property may he again and as often as a redemptioner is so disposed, redeem from any previous redemptioner within sixty days from the last redemption,” and “if no redemption is made within one year after the ’ sale, the purchaser or his assignee is entitled to a conveyance,” etc. Held, that the right of the judgment debtor or of his successor in interest to redeem, either from the purchaser at thesale or from a prior “redemptioner, ” expires at the end of a year from the sale; a prior redemption within the year not extending the time.</p>