McCleneghan v. Powell

Joseph McCleneghan, plaintiff, was the owner of a real estate mortgage that he foreclosed on 149 acres of land in Douglas county. The land was owned by Charles A. Powell subject to the life estate of his mother, Elizabeth Powell. As party defendants plaintiff joined Charles A. and Catherine Powell, his wife; Elizabeth' Cowell, his mother; Emil Walstat, tenant then in possession under a five-year lease; First State Bank of Alliance; and Clifford McCleneghan, plaintiff’s son. The1 issues in the present case are raised solely by the cross-petition of Clifford McCleneghan, the answer of the…