Crabtree v. Price

This is a statutory suit in ejectment. Plaintiffs claim title as heirs at law of Thomas Crabtree, deceased; the defendants, through mortgage from Thomas Crabtree and wife to Merritt Street, fore-closure deed from C. W. Ashcraft, administrator de bonis non of the estate of Merritt Street, to A. P. Mitchell, deed from A. P. Mitchell to J. C. Street, and executory contract of sale from J. C. Street to these defendants in possession. The court below gave the affirmative charge for defendants. The correctness of this ruling is the controlling point in the case. The validity of the mortgage is…