Mayer v. Haggerty

This suit was brought by appellee, Haggerty, against Anton Mayer, in which plaintiff claimed an one-third interest in certain lands for partition. The lands had belonged to Haggerty, and were sold in 1878 by his assignee in bankruptcy, to appellant. Before the sale, the appellee had a wife, who, he claimed, inherited the undivided one-third part thereof under the statute. The wife died prior to the sale, and the appellee asserts title by descent from her.

The appellant, after purchasing the interest from the assignee, claims to have purchased the remaining interest by sale on execution issued…