Schaefer v. Purviance
Indiana Supreme Court
From Huntington Circuit Court; J. C. JBranyan, Judge. Suit by Catharine Schaefer against David A. Purviance and others for partition. From a judgment in favor of defendants, plaintiff appeals. Transferred from Appellate Court, under §1337u Burns 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.
Appellant sued appellees for partition of certain lots in the city of Huntington, alleging that she was the owner in fee simple of an undivided one-third of the property, and appellees the owners of the other two-thirds. Appellees jointly answered by general denial, and David A. Purviance filed a cross-complaint to quiet his title, to which appellant filed an affirmative answer. A demurrer was overruled to the cross-complaint, and sustained to the affirmative answer. Trial by the court. Special finding and conclusions of law favorable to appellees, and judgment that appellant had no interest…
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