Hunt v. Jennings

Jennings filed a bill in chancery against Hunt and wife, on the 22d of February, 1838, in the Warren Circuit Court. The object of the bill was to obtain a decree for the sale of certain mortgaged lands situate in Jasper county. At the October term, 1838, the defendants moved for' a dismission of the suit, on the ground that the Court had no jurisdiction of the cause, but the motion was overruled. At the same term, a final decree was rendered for the complainant.

The question of jurisdiction is the only one in the cause.

In 1835, the boundaries of Jasper county were designated, and that part of…