Riley v. Bank of Commerce of Roswell

BICKLEY, Justice.

Action of ejectment and to quiet title by appellee against appellant. Appellants cross-complained in the statutory form for quieting their title.

The court decreed that appellee (plaintiff) was the owner of the real estate in question, and awarded the possession thereof to appellee, upon the basis that appellant Bank of Commerce was a junior mortgagee of the property in question and that the appellee was a senior mortgagee thereof and that the junior mortgagee could not acquire any title by the purchase of a tax title as against the senior mortgagee. The correctness of this…