Langohr v. Smith

Appellant, in the first paragraph of his complaint, claims title to lot 20 in Brackenridge’s addition to the city of Fort Wayne, by virtue of a deed executed to him by the city treasurer upon a sale on a precept issued for the collection of an assessment for a street improvement.

On the trial, appellant introduced in evidence various proceedings of the common council, and offered the following extract from the corporate record: “ The clerk submitted the

affidavit of John M. Langohr for grading and gravelling alley between McClellan street and Ewing street, from Lewis street to George street,…