Burk v. Hill

The sole question presented by the record is, whether the court erred in sustaining a demurrer to the complaint, which is as follows:

“ Matilda Burk and Mary E. Thomas, plaintiffs, complain of John L. Hill and, Mary E. Hill, defendants, and say, that said defendants on the 25th day of February, 1871, by their indenture of that date duly acknowledged, a copy of which indenture and acknowledgment is filed herewith, marked ‘ A/ conveyed to said plaintiffs the following described lands in Montgomery county,. Indiana, to wit: Beginning at a point on the west line of J. A. Powers’ out-lot numbered…