Windisch v. John Chapman Co.

Plaintiff filed his petition against the defendant in which he alleges that he is the owner in fee of certain real estate described in the petition; that said real estate came to him through mesne conveyance from defendant and that owing to a formal defect in the original deed from defendant to its immediate grantee, a cloud has been cast upon his title. He therefore asks to have his title quieted against defendant.

The defendant, in its answer, alleges that on January 7, 1904, it conveyed the property described in the petition to one Charlotte Lindner, the consideration for the transfer being…