Wilson v. Powers

This was a suit by ¡Susan J. Powers, against William C. Wilson, for the recovery of rent for the use and occupation of certain real estate.

*76The cause was tried by the court upon an agreed statement of the facts, which, so far as material for our consideration here, may be summarized as follows:

That one James II. Speakman, being the owner in fee of lot 26 in the town of Elkhart in Elkhart county, on the 1st day of June, 1867, together with his wife, mortgaged said lot to-one Samuel Powers, to secure the payment of a debt of seven hundred dollars; that, on the 8d day of June, 1867, the said…