HEFNER v. NORTHWESTERN LIFE INS. CO.


123 U.S. 747 (1887)

HEFNER v. NORTHWESTERN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1887.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.H. Gatch for plaintiffs in error. Mr. William Connor was with him on the brief.

Mr. B.F. Kauffman for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question presented by the record is, whether the title now set up by the defendants under the deed executed by the county treasurer to Callanan in 1874, pursuant to a sale in 1871 for non-payment of taxes assessed in 1870, is barred by the decree rendered for the plaintiff in 1877, upon a bill in equity to foreclose a mortgage...

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