Brinkerhoff v. Home Trust & Savings Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of large tracts of land situated in Butler and Greenwood counties and designated as the Red Ranch. The plaintiffs, H. L. Brinkerhoff and his wife, alleged that they were owners of the ranch in 1910 and being indebted to their uncle, A. B. Brinkerhoff, they executed a- mortgage on the ranch to him to secure an indebtedness, which was in form an absolute deed. They further alleged that plaintiffs held a lien on 2,400 acres of land in Nebraska, called the Neleigh ranch, and that in…