Betson v. State ex rel. Torrence

The State, on relation of James Torrence,, auditor of Vermillion county, sued William F. Shelatoe, Mariah Shelatoe, Henry Betson, Martin Thompson, and John Ammerman, to foreclose a mortgage, asking at the same time that a correction be made in the mortgage.

In the first paragraph of the complaint, it is alleged, that on the 14th day of June, 1867, Shelatoe and wife executed the mortgage to the State for the use of congressional township fifteen, etc.; that, by a mistake of the person who wrote the mortgage, the words “ in Vermillion county, in the State of Indiana,” were omitted, etc.; that it…