Klippel v. Shields

— Appellant claims title to the real estate in controversy, and brought this action to recover possession of it, but was defeated on the trial.

We are without a brief from the appellee, and this has greatly increased our labor, as the record is voluminous and the questions involved not clearly disclosed. As we gather the facts, they are substantially as follows: On the 4th day of May, 1871, Thomas L. Ewing and Lycurgus Shields were indebted to James H. Green in the sum of $6,000, and to ■•secure, this indebtedness Ewing and wife "executed a mortgage on land, but not on that in controversy;…