Goodell v. Starr

Appellants brought this suit to recover possession of five hundred and sixty acres of land in Porter county, and to quiet their title thereto.

*199April 3d, 1867, one Lazarus Silverman obtained a decree of the Porter Circuit Court foreclosing a mortgage on the land in question. The sheriff of Porter county sold the laud under this decree on the 7th day of June, 1867, and Silverman became the purchaser, paying $7,000 therefor. June 8th, 1868, he received a sheriff’s deed, and immediately entered into possession.

The appellees are in possession, claiming under Silverman, and the possession of…