Compton v. Benham
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Elkhart Circuit Court; James S. Dodge, Judge. Suit by George E. Compton and others against Francis A. Benham and others. From a decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
This was a suit by appellants, the brothers and sisters, and the children of deceased brothers and sisters, of Eliza A. Yeoman, to quiet title to eighty acres of land in Elkhart county, Indiana. Francis A. Benham, defendant in the original suit, filed an answer and a cross-complaint, praying that his title to the land in question be quieted. Appellees were substituted as the sole heirs of said Francis A. Benham.
Judgment was rendered against appellants in the original suit, and they filed a motion for a new trial as of right. After the granting of such new trial, but before a time therefor was…
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