Phœnix Insurance v. Wulf

The defendant Bertha Wulf owned certain real estate in Indianapolis which she conveyed, her husband joining, to a third person, who conveyed it back to her husband, Henry Wulf. The husband, the wife joining, then mortgaged the same property to the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company to secure a loan. The mortgage showed upon its face that it was to secure a loan to the husband. The loan was not paid at maturity, and on the fifth day of December, 1876, the mortgage was foreclosed in this court. On the twelfth day of November, 1877, Bertha Wulf brought suit in this court to set aside her deed…