Lee v. Clary

The defendant in error, Mrs. Clary, brought ejectment against defendants below, claiming title under a conveyance from her mother, Ermina Liver-more, dated April 21, 1875, and acknowledged May 7, 1875, the day suit was begun.

Defendants sought to defend (1), by showing a tax title to Michael Jeffers deeded to him in 1873 for taxes of 1866; and (2), by title under mortgage foreclosure under a mortgage given by Mrs. Livermore to William C. Chambers July 9, 1868.

The tax title was ruled out on the ground that it showed title in a stranger to the suit.

An objection was made that it contained more…