Hagenbuck v. McClaskey

Bicknell, C. C.

This was an action to recover the possession of eighty acres of land and to quiet the title thereto. *578The appellants were the plaintiffs; they claimed the land as-the heirs of William Hagenbuck, who, as they alleged, died seized thereof in the year 1866. .

The complaint and answer were in the common form.

The suit was commenced in the county of Porter, and the verdict there was for the defendant. The plaintiffs took a new trial under the statute, and the venue was changed to Starke county. The plaintiffs’ title was a patent from the-United States to Noah Newell, dated August 20th,…