Holten v. Board of Comm'rs

Suit by the appellee, against the appellant, to quiet title.

The first paragraph of the complaint alleges that the appellee was the owner, in possession, of the parcel of ground described in the complaint, and that appellant held a mortgage on the same, from Enos M. Cramer, appellee’s grantor, which had been given without consideration, and constituted a cloud upon the title to said ground.

The second paragraph alleged the ownership of the appellee, the mortgage of appellant, that it was given to him as an indemnity, and that he had had nothing to pay, etc.

There were three other paragraphs,…