McGorray v. O'Connor

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Bernard McGorray, was the complainant in a bill in equity brought to redeem certain real property from a mortgage sale. O. W. Carpenter and C. K. Bailey were partners in farming and stock raising. They mortgaged a portion of their real estate to Myles P. O’Connor. Carpenter died, leaving a will, devising the greater portion of his property to his partner’s children. The mortgage was subsequently foreclosed, and the mortgaged property was sold to the mortgagee. The complainant filed a bill in equity against O’Connor and others, claiming that the sheriff’s…