Newkirk v. Burson

— Newkirk brought suit iu the La Porte Circuit Court against the widow, heirs and administrators of Samuel Burson, deceased, to foreclose a mortgage given by Bur-son in his lifetime to Newkirk, intended to secure the purchase money of a farm sold by Newkirk to the deceased. The cause was once before tried in the Circuit Court, and the judgment then rendered was reversed by this court. 21 Ind. 129. The contract and mortgage were included in one instrument, dated April 16th, 1855, and sot forth that Newkirk had that day sold to Burson a farm near La Porte, which is described, and for which…