Legal Opinion

Gallion v. M'Caslin

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 11, 1820PublishedCited by 22 opinions

APPEAL from the Franklin Circuit Court. — This was a suit in equity to obtain the legal title to a lot^i Brookville (1).

1Opinion of the CourtBlackford, J.

There is much difficulty in understanding this cause from a view of the record. The answer cannot be reconciled with the depositions, and the depositions themselves are at variance with each other. The following, however, is believed tobe a correct state of the case. In March, 1816, Henry M'Caslin purchased a town lot in Brookville from Thomas Clark for a valuable consideration; a penal bond was given by Clark, conditioned for the execution of a deed a short time afterwards; and the purchaser entered into possession. About a year after M’Caslin’s purchase and possession, Nathan D. Gallion…

2Cited by22 opinions

  1. Anderson v. HubbleIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Thornton's Executors v. Thornton's HeirsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1866
  3. Walker v. CoxIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
  4. Linn v. BarkeyIndiana Supreme Court · 1855
  5. Willard v. BringolfIndiana Court of Appeals · 1936

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