Schaefer v. Dippel

Mr. Presiding Justice Jones

delivered the opinion of the court.

Adolph Schaefer brought a suit in assumpsit against August Dippel for contribution and recovered a judgment for $5,674.49. The cause was tried by the court without a jury and was referred to the master in chancery, as referee, under an agreement that objections and exceptions to the master’s report should be deemed propositions of law tendered to the court.

The facts were stipulated and are substantially as follows: On April 27, 1920, Schaefer and Dippel purchased, as tenants in common, a farm in Indiana from The Northern Indiana…