Steinhauser v. Kuhn

This was an action of ejectment. Plaintiff showed title under a series of deeds from parties in possession and claiming title, the last predecessor in the title being one Frederika Eigenbrod, to whom the premises were granted by her husband, Adam Eigenbrod. The latter, in 1877, had executed a mortgage which came to the hands of Alexis Campau, who foreclosed it under the statute in 1880, the redemption expiring in May, 1881, provided all was regular.

In July, 1881, Campau procured judgment of ouster against defendant Donohue, who was then plaintiff’s tenant, by summary proceedings under the…