Armstead v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

D. J. Jones sued Ned Armstead for the possession of a city lot, and recovered a judgment, to reverse which this proceeding is brought. The plaintiff’s title was based upon two sheriff’s deeds, issued in pursuance of an execution sale made upon a judgment rendered against the defendant by a justice of the peace and taken to the district court by transcript. The controversy turns upon the validity of such judgment, sale, and deeds, the objections to which will be considered seriatim.

It is contended that there was no sufficient showing of a…