Powell v. Federal Land Bank

(After stating the foregoing facts.) It appears from the agreed statement of facts that Powell’s title was founded on a deed as purchaser at sheriff’s sale of lands which were alienated by the Powell Land Company, first, by a security deed dated January 25, 1912, to the Southern States Life Insurance Company; and secondly, by warranty deed executed to Wilson and Ivey. Powell as an individual was a stranger to these conveyances, and acquired title as any other purchaser at the sale, having, so far as the record discloses, no interest to protect. It is his claim that the land bought by him…