Good v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

Simon Good brought ejectment against Eugene Williams to recover 160 acres of land in Clark county. There was a trial to the court and judgment for the defendant, which the plaintiff seeks to reverse.

Both parties claim through Maggie E. Rhodes, who owned the land on March 19, 1896. On that day she conveyed it by warranty deed, in which her husband joined, to John P. Hazard. The deed was acknowledged the same day, but was not filed for record until April 15, 1897. On April 1, 1896, Hazard gave a purchase-money mortgage back to Maggie E. Rhodes…