Nickel v. Hinz

Plaintiff Nickel brought this action in ejectment, claiming title to the land involved by purchase from Equitable Life Assurance Society, which acquired title by mortgage foreclosure. Defendants in the instant case were also defendants in the foreclosure proceedings. From a verdict and judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff makes several contentions, but we find it necessary to consider only one, that the trial court erred in overruling plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict.

The evidence of plaintiff that he had purchased the property from the Equitable on December 20, 1937,…