Ray v. Detchon

Bicknell, C. C.

— This was a suit by the appellees against the appellant and others, to quiet title to land and to procure a subrogation of the appellees to the rights of a prior mortgagee of the land, as against the appellant, who was. the son and only heir of the mortgagor.

John Ray owned and occupied land in Montgomery county,. Indiana; he went to Illinois in 1868, and has never been heard of since; his wife obtained a divorce and married again. The appellant, his son and heir, is now nearly of age, and claims the land, and threatens to sue for it. John Ray had mortgaged the land to secure…