Legal Opinion

Allen v. Kersey

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 23, 1885No. 12,094PublishedCited by 13 opinions

From the Marion Superior Court.

1Opinion of the CourtNiblack, C. J.

Complaint by Sarah E. Kersey, charging-that, on the 8th day of May, 1880, Horace R. Allen, for a valuable consideration, conveyed to her, by a general warranty deed, the north half, or twenty-one (21) feet off the north side, of lot No. twenty-two (22), in McCarty’s subdivision of out-lots one hundred and nineteen (119), and a part of one hundred and eighteen (118), in the city of Indianapolis ; that at the time of the execution of said conveyance the said Allen did not have a good and indefeasible title, and was not lawfully seized of a strip of one foot and eight inches in width off the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. PattersonIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Kellogg v. WoodNew York Court of Chancery · 1834
  3. Simonton v. ThompsonIndiana Supreme Court · 1876

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Illyes v. White River Light & Power Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Knight v. RawlingsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
  3. Lost Creek Coal & Mineral Land Co. v. HendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  4. Pierce v. VansellIndiana Court of Appeals · 1905
  5. Gary Land Co. v. GrieselIndiana Supreme Court · 1913

8 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API