Bates v. Bailey

Appellee, Bailey, as complainant in the ■ Chancery Court, filed a bill for the foreclosure of a mortgage of one Blunt to him, bearing date the 4th day of November, 1867. The property it embraced was land in Perry county, which was in possession of appellant, Bates, and others. They claimed it as purchasers in January, 1869, at a sheriffs sale, made to satisfy executions against Blunt; two of which were upon judgments of a date about one year prior to that of the mortgage, and some of a date a few days after that of the mortgage. The two older judgments had been transferred in March, 1867, to…