Croft v. Sorrell

J. T. Sorrell individually and as administrator of the estate of J. J. Sorrell, deceased, brought an equitable petition against L. C. Croft, British American Mortgage Company Limited, and Robert L. Shipp, to enjoin the two defendants last named° from executing and delivering, and Croft from receiving, a deed conveying to him 260 acres of land, more or less, on the grounds, that the land sold had been improperly advertised, and that the sale of it as the property of the mortgagor, J. J. Sorrell, who at the time of the sale ivas dead, was illegal. Subsequently the plaintiff amended his…