Strickland v. Houston

On June 24¡ 1920, John and Lizzie Strickland made to Beacham a mortgage covering real estate “lying and being in land lot fifty-seven of the fourteenth district of Fulton County,” particularly described. By assignment this mortgage became the property of Purchase Money Note Company, which in foreclosure proceedings in the municipal court of Atlanta became the purchaser at a sale of the property by the marshal of that court, and later conveyed it by deed to Houston. Ejectment was brought by Strickland against Houston, for recovery of the land. On the trial a verdict in favor of Houston was…