Ferrell v. Reed

The plaintiff in error brought an *63action of ejectment against the defendant in error. At the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence as the basis of his title to the lands in controversy a sheriff’s deed to him, having previously introduced, without objection, the judgment and execution upon which such deed was based. To the admission of such deed the defendant interposed the following grounds of objection:

“First: That the said deed is based upon a void judgment;

Second: Said judgment was rendered by the county judge without jurisdiction;

Third: Said judgment was never recorded in the office of…