Smith v. Federal Land Bank

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action to quiet title to real estate. Judgment was for the plaintiff. Defendant has appealed.

The petition alleged plaintiff was the owner of a described quarter section, having acquired the title from Jesse and Opal Jarred; that they had obtained a fee tail estate from Sarah and Elias Jarred; that Jesse and his wife executed a purported mortgage to defendant and defendant acquired a sheriff’s deed to the property on June 28, 1938, which purported to be issued as the result of a sheriff’s sale on a foreclosure of the mortgage; that…