Bankers Mortgage Co. v. Dole

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action in ejectment wherein the plaintiff, the Bankers Mortgage Company, a corporation, alleged that it had a legal estate in a section of McPherson county land and was entitled to its possession and'that the defendant B. E. Dole and certain members of his family unlawfully withheld its possession.

The pleaded defense was a general denial.

Plaintiff’s title was based upon a sheriff’s deed issued pursuant to *368its purchase of the land at foreclosure sale. The principal defense was that the land had been redeemed and the judgment…