Shepard v. Gibson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

In 1890 the owner of a tract of land in Greeley county mortgaged it to secure the payment of a note due in 1895. No part of the principal of this debt or the interest thereon was ever paid and no steps were taken towards keeping the debt alive or to enforce its payment, although the mortgagors were and continued to be residents of the state. The present owner, Edna Shepard, is in possession of the land, and she and her grantors have held possession of it for the last twenty years. Charles E. Gibson claims some rights by virtue of the…