Haynes v. Cox

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, in the Superior Court of Vanderburgh county, to quiet title and to obtain the possession of the land described in the complaint.

The defendant answered in two paragraphs, the first being a general denial. The second paragraph, omitting the formal parts, is as follows : “ That on the 18th day of March, 1868, Benoni and Ruth Stinson were the owners of the land .in the complaint described; that on that day the said Benoni Stinson and Ruth Stinson, who was his wife, mortgaged to the State of Indiana the southeast quarter of the…