Meikel v. Greene

Appellee claims title to the real estate in controversy through a sale made upon a decree of foreclosure,, rendered upon a mortgage executed by appellant’s grantor.

One of the points relied on for a reversal is that the description of the property is so defective and uncertain as to be void. The description reads thus: “ Part of lot number nine (9), in square number fifty-five (55), in the city of Indianapolis, bounded and described as follows: Beginning thirty-nine (39) feet from the most southeast corner of said lot number nine (9); thence east on the north line of Washington street…