Conn v. Sellers

Conn sued Sellers in a statutory action of ejectment. The parties claimed title from a common source, one Danzey. Plaintiff claimed under an execution sale and a sheriff’s deed of March 18, 1912. This execution was levied February 15, 1912; but plaintiff attempted to date his title back to November 5, 19C8, by showing that on that date a certificate of the judgment against Danzey, on which the execution had issued, had been filed for registration in the office of the judge of probate. This judgment, such as it was, purported to have been rendered' by default in the circuit court of the county…