Court Opinion

ID: 5456370
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-09 19:20:26.680297+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:32:40.551887
License: Public Domain

Grover, J.,
dissented, upon the ground that all claim of the plaintiff of title to the land or of any interest therein, whether as dower or otherwise, was cut off by the judgment under which the defendant acquired title. That being a party to the action, she was bound to set up any defense she had to the relief demanded by the plaintiff therein, which was a sale of the land for the purpose of paying the debts of the grantor. Whether such defense was a bar to the entire action by showing a valid 'title to the whole land as against the claim made by the plaintiff, or partial only by showing title to part, or some lien or claim thereto, contingent or otherwise, not subject to the claim of the plaintiff. That Lewis v. Smith (5 Seld. 502), was not applicable to the facts of this case.