Denbo v. Boyd

This is a suit to foreclose a mortgage on 160 acres of land in Dent County. The maker of the secured note and others interested in the land were made parties defendant on constructive notice by publication, but only the present owner of the land, Warfel, and the holder of a second mortgage, Elmer, filed answer and defended the case. They won in the trial court and the plaintiff has appealed.

The answer alleges that defendant Warfel is in possession of the land and “that plaintiff’s title under which he claims said mortgage is a forged and false title in that the deed from Richard M. Boyle to…