Fontaine v. Houston

Bicknell, C. C.

The plaintiff, in 1875, filed her complaint against Houston and wife, Northrop and wife, and the city of Indianapolis, alleging that, in 1862, she was the owner of one-fourth of the land in controversy, and Charles G. French owned the other three-fourths; that the Indianapolis Building and Loan Association held a mortgage on the land, and, in 1862, foreclosed the same, making the plaintiff a defendant in the foreclosure -suit; that the plaintiff was a non-resident, and that the affidavit of publication, as to her, was defective, in failing to show that she was a necessary party…