Pugh v. Commissioners of the Sinking Fund

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Van Syckel, J.

This is an action of ejectment brought by the commissioners of the sinking fund against William Cl Pugh and wife to recover possession of a lot of land in the city of Newark.

The plaintiffs below claimed title under a mortgage executed to them on the loous in quo July 2d, 1873, by the then owner of the premises.

The said premises were sold under a decree for the foreclosure of said mortgage and conveyed to the said plaintiffs by the sheriff of Essex county in December, 18'79.

The defendants in ejectment claimed title under a- sale upon an*…