Legal Opinion

Teeter v. Newcom

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 8, 1891No. 15,440PublishedCited by 2 opinions

From the Wayne Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.

One Rebecca Halderman, who was the owner, in her own right, of a tract of land, sold for its full value and conveyed the land by a general warranty deed to the appellee, her husband not joining in the deed.

At the time of the conveyance her husband was insane, and so remained until his death.

After the death of the husband, his widow conveyed the land to the appellant, her daughter, who brings this action to recover the land.

If the conveyance made by Rebecca Halderman to the appellee, her husband not joining, was a valid conveyance, her subsequent grantee acquired no title, and can not recover…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Middleton v. GreesonIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Behler v. WeyburnIndiana Supreme Court · 1877
  3. Shumaker v. JohnsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1871
  4. Suman v. SpringateIndiana Supreme Court · 1879
  5. Shin v. BosartIndiana Supreme Court · 1880

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Kalbac v. KalbacIndiana Court of Appeals · 1961
  2. McCabe v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1902

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