Brooks v. Morgan
Indiana Court of Appeals
Erom Hamilton Circuit Court; Ira TV. Christian, Judge. Suit by Marion Brooks as guardian of Elizabeth Pilkerton, a person of unsound mind, against Simeon Morgan. Erom a decree for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, P. J.
The court below sustained the appellee’s demurrer for want of facts to the complaint of appellant, suing as the guardian of Elizabeth Pilkerton, a person of unsound mind and widow of Jesse Pilkerton, deceased. It was alleged that she was the owner- for life of certain described land in Hamilton county, of which she, by her guardian, was in possession. It was averred that in 1898 Anderson Blanton and others filed in the auditor’s office of that county a petition to the board of commissioners of the county to cause to be constructed a drain, for the purpose of draining the lands of the…
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