Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad v. Barbour

The appellees brought this action against the appellants to quiet title to a certain described tract of ground. It is averred in the complaint that on April 19th, 1841, certain parties under whom the appellees, as heirs and devisees, claim title, conveyed by deed, subject to certain conditions, the tract of ground in controversy to the State of Indiana, for the use of the Madison and Indianapolis railroad. A copy of the deed, filed with the complaint, reads as follows:

“This indenture, made this nineteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and forty-one, between…