Thorp v. Daniel

This is an action to determine title to 156 acres of land in Shelby County, and with a count for partition thereof in accordance with plaintiff's claim of title. Plaintiff claimed an undivided one-fifth in fee under sheriff's execution deed, conveying to him the interest of Grover C. Bunn. Defendants claimed that the sheriff's deed was invalid and that plaintiff had no interest in the land. On plaintiff's first count the court found that the sheriff's deed was valid, but that the title obtained by plaintiff thereunder was a life estate only, and, therefore, dismissed plaintiff's second count…