Shannon v. Hay

Appellant, Shannon, the defendant below, assigned as error upon the record of this cause, that the trial court had erred in its conclusion of law upon its special finding of facts.

The facts found specially by the court were in substance as follows:

The appellee, Hay, on January 13th, 1865, made the following note and mortgage to the State of Indiana, to wit: Here follows what purports to be the copy of a mortgage *590executed by Hay to the State of Indiana, for the use of congressional township 10 north, range 9 west, of Vigo county,, of a tract of land of the same description as that given in…