Bradfield v. Sewall

This action was commenced for appellee in the district court of Lancaster county to foreclose a mortgage on the west half of the southwest quarter of section 31, township 10 north, of range 7 east of the 6th P. M., executed and delivered to him by Thomas Sewall and wife May 5, 1888. In an answer for the Mays, of defendants, it was asserted that Tillie May purchased five acres of the mortgaged land, the title to which was on February 3, 1890, conveyed to her by warranty deed. It was in a cross-*638petition filed for the American National Bank and Charles G. Dawes, as trustee for the bank, pleaded…