Tilley v. Bridges

The executors of the estate of L. J. Bridges, deceased, obtained a decree, at the October term, 1874, of the Washington circuit court, to sell certain lands belonging to Bridges at the time of his death, to pay debts. The lands named in the decree were advertised and sold. The south-west quarter of the north-west quarter of section 31, town 3 south, range 1 west, was also advertised and sold by the executors, and bid off by appellant for $614, but this tract, although owned by the deceased at the time of his death, was not embraced in the bill or decree of sale. Appellant went into the…