Roberts v. Hill

The appellants, as trustees of R. Phil*216lips Lodge, No. 5, Free and Accepted Masons of Carthage, Indiana, sued the appellees for the reformation of a deed and to quiet the title to certain real estate.

By the second paragraph of appellees’ answer, they pleaded a former recovery by them in a cause prosecuted to final judgment by the appellants for the reformation of the same deed and to quiet title to the said real estate. This answer, on demurrer, was held sufficient, and the appellants expressly admit its sufficiency in this court.

To this answer the appellants replied that said former action…