Rankin v. Central Life Assurance Society

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action in equity to enforce a contract for the redemption of real estate and to enjoin the execution and delivery of a sheriff’s deed to the real estate. Judgment was for the defendants. Plaintiffs appeal.

The petition alleged all the facts with reference to an action by the defendant life insurance society against the plaintiffs in an action to enforce a mortgage; that a dispute arose over the amount due the society and this dispute was settled by the society admitting *607in a letter that it had sued for $2,600 more than was due it;t…