Glezen v. Haskins

After verdict for the plaintiff in an action of ejectment, the defendant petitions for a new trial, alleging as grounds therefor erroneous rulings and verdict against the evidence. The plaintiff claimed title by a sale under a mortgage given by Albert K. Barnes, dated May 11, 1875, to Abraham H. Okie, trustee, who had sold the land in.question to Barnes on the same day and taken the mortgage back; The mortgagee having died, the plaintiff was appointed administrator of his estate, and in seeking to foreclose the mortgage under the power of sale it appeared that the mortgage conveyed only a…