Gillespie v. Splahn

This is a suit to recover possession of certain real estate, and damages for the detention of the same.

The defendant answered in two paragraphs. First, a general denial, and second, that the plaintiff claims title by-virtue of a deed from the Sheriff of Marion county upon the • foreclosure of a mortgage given by the defendant to one Timothy Splahn; that the mortgage was drawn up by Christopher Werbe, and William V. Burns, who the defendant understood to be attorneys, and purported to be given to secure the payment of fourteen hundred dollars, but was in fact only given to secure a loan of…