Messer v. Henlein

Plaintiff brought this action to determine adverse claims to a tract of land in Stark county. The .complaint is in the statutory form. The defendant Schatz answered alleging a title superior to that of the plaintiff. Plaintiff’s claim of title was based upon a deed from Stark county which in turn rested upon a tax deed to the county. The answering defendant’s claim arose upon a contract for deed from the owner of the record title. The evidence taken at the trial disclosed that the defendant Schatz made his contract for the purchase of the property in 1925; that at that time he entered into…