Mutual Benefit Life Insurance v. Lyons

The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company filed its complaint in the circuit court of Douglas county to quiet the title to 120 acres of land it had acquired by mesne conveyances from John S. Quirk, the grantee in a sheriff’s deed dated April 1,1919. It also claimed title through possession and payment of taxes for seven years under color of title. Thomas E. Lyons, appellant, filed an answer in which he averred that the sheriff’s deed was wholly void, and denied that the Statute of Limitations had any application. He filed a counter-claim in the first count of which he asked that the sheriff’s…