Doe v. Horn

Smith, J. —

This was an action of ejectment. Trial; verdict for defendant; motion for new trial overruled; and judgment accordingly.

The material facts given in evidence were as follow:

One Christopher Jourdan, under whom both parties claim, emigrated from Virginia to the county of Allen, in this state, about the year 1830. He represented himself, and was considered by his neighbors, a young unmarried man, and he acquired a reputation for morality and industry. In the year 1837, he courted and married Matilda Beard, a young woman of good character and respectable family. Her parents gave her an…