Smith v. Potter

This action was brought to quiet title to a tract of land in Lincoln county. The plaintiff:, Smith, claims title through a sheriff’s deed issued in tax foreclosure proceedings brought by Lincoln, county against David Gr. Potter and others. The plaintiff prevailed, and, from a judgment quieting the title in him, defendant Hoagland appeals.

In 1887 David Gr. Potter received a patent to the land in controversy from the United States. In 1892 he executed a note and mortgage to one Buckworth to secure the payment of a note for $389, which note was after-*299wards indorsed to the North Platte National…