Johnson v. . Pate

The plaintiff sets up title to the land, the possession of which he seeks to recover, by virtue, of a sale and conveyance from the mortgagee acting under the authority of ■the deed of a former owner, and also by reason of an estoppel arising out of a judgment recovered by him against the defendant in a former action, involving the title to the same land, a copy of the proceedings in which is annexed to the complaint.

The defendant in general terms denies the plaintiffs’ asserted ■ownership, and avers that he “ has1 no knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief” as to “the allegations…