Leyer v. Keal & George

Opinion by

Henderson, J.,

The plaintiff relies on a title acquired at a sale by the sheriff on a judgment obtained on a mortgage given by August Huseman to Jonas Snyder, on January 8, 1897, on 768 acres of land, the indebtedness secured being $700-. The action is trespass for cutting-timber, a part of which was on the Huseman tract and a part on an adjoining body of land known as the Green tract. The principal controversy relates to the timber cut on the Huseman tract, the inquiry being whether the sheriff’s sale passed title to the timber on that tract to the plaintiff. In June, 1900, Pluseman…