Sparling v. Dwenger

In this action, the appellee was plaintiff, and the appellant was defendant, in the court below.

In his complaint, the appellee alleged, in substance, that he was the owner and in possession of an entire section of land, particularly described, all in road district No. 11, in Marion township, Jasper county, Indiana; that, on the 7th day of December, 1874, William C. Pierce and others presented to the board of commissioners of said county a petition, asking for the location of a public highway on the following line, to wit: Commencing at a point in the range line dividing ranges 6 and 7 west, *73wh…