Chance v. Franke

This is an action in equity to cancel a sheriff's deed and the mechanic's lien judgment on which it is based; and also to determine title to the land involved and for injunctive relief. The court found for defendant and entered judgment of dismissal. Plaintiffs have appealed.

The common source of title is Alice Mischlispy. Defendant claims under the sheriff's sale and deed, based on the judgment[679] in a mechanic's lien suit in which Alice Mischlispy's grantees, Albert and Mary Hauser, were made defendants. The mechanic's lien suit was commenced in October, 1930, and was an equitable action…