Mahen v. Tavern Rock

This suit is in two counts, one in ejectment and the other to determine title to a one-seventh interest in one hundred and twenty acres of land in Franklin County, Missouri. Plaintiff claims title to this one-seventh interest under the will of her mother, Mary Orth. The defendant has title to the other six-sevenths, acquired from the other heirs of Mary Orth, and by its answer asserts title to this disputed one-seventh under and by reason of a sheriff's sale under execution and sheriff's deed purporting to convey this one-seventh which otherwise belongs to this plaintiff. The validity of the…