Lass v. Sternberg

The plaintiffs, as the sole heirs at law of Frederick Lass, deceased, who died in 1869, brought this suit to redeem a lot in the city of St. Louis, which belonged to their ancestor, and which, *125after his death and within nine months, was sold under a deed of trust existing upon the lot when the ancestor bought the same. The deed of trust under Avhich it was sold was not executed by Lass, but by the prior owner. ' Lass, after he became the owner, executed to the defendant Sternberg, as trustee, a deed of trust to secure a debt of $350 to E. A. Meysenberg. At the sale under the first deed of…