9-1109. Referral to court of conflicting claims; trial; appeal
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A. When conflicting claims have been filed, the trustee shall transmit the statement of the claimant and the adverse claim, and all papers pertaining thereto, to the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the property is located, and give notice thereof to the respective claimants. The papers shall be filed by the clerk and docketed in the name of the claimant as plaintiff and the conflicting claimant as defendant, and the court shall thereupon direct pleadings to be framed setting forth the respective claims of the parties. The matter shall thereupon be tried before the court without a jury and notice of the judgment shall be given to each of the parties.
B. An appeal may be taken within twenty days after notice of the judgment. If an appeal is not taken the trustee shall execute a deed in accordance with the judgment.