Mills
Mills v. Laing
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Lennon, J.
This is an action in ejectment to recover .the property described in the complaint, which was acquired by one of the defendants from the plaintiff under a decree of sale in an action for specific performance, and was occupied by her for more than five years before this action was commenced.
The facts constituting the basis of the case are briefly as follows : In January, 1903, Laura J. E. Mills, the plaintiff, was the owner' and holder of the property here involved. Thereafter Charles Wesley Reed entered into a contract for its purchase, but being unable to pay Mary A. Fritz the balance of certain money which hQ had borrowed from her, he assigned his contract of purchase and the cause of action based thereon to her as security therefor. Mrs. Fritz was subsequently substituted as plaintiff in that action in the place of Reed, and on the twenty-ninth day of May obtained judgment against Mrs. Mills, providing in £>art for a sale of the property. On July 14,1908, the clerk of the court, pursuant to the judgment, executed a deed in the name of Mrs. Mills, conveying the property to Mrs. Fritz. The next day the deed was recorded. Thereafter, and on the thirtieth day of September, 1908,…