Fire Ass'n v. Zorn

ZORN, defendant in error, was plaintiff in the trial court, plaintiffs in error were defendants there, and we shall so refer to them here.

On July 15, 1919, and prior thereto, defendant Lanning was the owner of the Hipp Theatre building in Julesburg, and on that date mortgaged the property to one Strasser to secure the sum of $7,000. This mortgage was foreclosed, and on June 23, 1923, the property was sold at sheriff's sale to plaintiff Zorn, to whom a certificate of sale was issued, and on March 24, 1924, a sheriff's deed was issued to plaintiff, the property not having been redeemed.

July 22,…