Reading v. Waterman

Waterman, in August, 1868, began an action of ejectment against Reading, who was in possession as purchaser under mesne conveyances from Anna H. Dickson, of lot 27 in William Justice’s plat of Niles, to recover that lot, on which Reading had begun and nearly completed very expensive improvements. It appears from the record that Waterman, in May,.1849, bought this land of Anna H. Dickson, and gave back a purchase-money mortgage. On the 18th of December, 1852, she began to publish notice of a statutory foreclosure, the sale being fixed for March 15, 1853, on which day she bid off the premises,…