Legal Opinion

Elkhart Car Works Co. v. Ellis

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided January 28, 1888No. 13,305PublishedCited by 24 opinions

From the Elkhart Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.

This action was brought by the appellees to ■quiet title to real estate. The claim of the appellees is, that a right vested in them by virtue of a breach of the condition ■contained in a deed executed by them to the car works company. The deed received a construction in Ellis v. Elkhart Car Works Co., 97 Ind. 247, and some of the questions affecting the present phase of this controversy were there -decided, although the complaint now before us was filed in a different action.

The complaint alleges a breach of the condition and an ■entry by the grantors, but it also shows that the corporation…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Sheets v. Selden's LesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1865
  2. Keen v. BreckenridgeIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Ellis v. Elkhart Car Works Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1884

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Blodgett v. Lanyon Zinc Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
  2. National Ben. Life Ins. Co. v. Shaw-Walker Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
  3. Robinson v. Trustees of the New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  4. Mulcahey v. StraussIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Hickey v. WelchMissouri Court of Appeals · 1901

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