Legal Opinion

Shumaker v. Johnson

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 15, 1871PublishedCited by 24 opinions

APPEAL from the Hendricks Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtWorden, J.

This was an action by the appellee, William H. Johnson, against the appellant, Martha Shumaker, and' others, to recover possession of certain real estate, and to> quiet the plaintiff’s title thereto. Prayer, also, that if James; *34Shumaker, one of the defendants, should be found to be a tenant in common with the plaintiff partition might be had by order of sale, as the premises were not susceptible of division. Trial by the court, and finding that the plaintiff and said James were tenants in common of the premises; that .the premises were .not susceptible of division; and judgment 'that the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Van Renesselaer v. KearneySupreme Court of the United States · 1851
  2. Jackson, ex dem. Clowes v. VanderheydenNew York Supreme Court · 1819
  3. Stevens v. ParishIndiana Supreme Court · 1868
  4. Baxter v. BodkinIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
  5. Aldridge v. BurlisonIndiana Supreme Court · 1833

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Haskett v. MaxeyIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Scranton v. StewartIndiana Supreme Court · 1875
  3. Enderle v. SharmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981
  4. King v. ReaIndiana Supreme Court · 1877
  5. Mattox v. HightshueIndiana Supreme Court · 1872

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