E. J. Lander & Co. v. Brown

Defendants have appealed from a judgment in plaintiff’s favor quieting title to certain land -in Glacier county, in an action in which they had filed a cross-complaint to quiet title in themselves.

In 1919 defendants, then owners of the property, gave plaintiff a mortgage thereon, which it foreclosed in 1921. Plaintiff has claimed title since 1926 as successor in interest to the grantee named in the sheriff’s deed.

The defendants defaulted in the foreclosure suit and it is their contention here that the decree of foreclosure is void because of alleged defects in the sheriff’s return of service…