Howard v. Merker
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Monroe Circuit Court; Robert W. Miers, Judge. Action by Sallie D. Merker and others against Adele Howard and others. From a judgment for plaintiffs, the defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRemy, J.
Suit by appellees against appellants to quiet title to certain real estate located in the city of Bloomington. In the complaint, which is in five paragraphs, it is averred that on January 1, 1897, Margaret Merker, now deceased, who was the ancestor of appellants, had purchased the real estate in question for her brother, William F. Merker, also now deceased, and his wife and children, appellees herein, and placed said William F. Merker and appellees in possession of such real estate under an oral promise that later the real estate would be deeded to appellees; that the promise to convey the…
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