Jefferson v. Coleman

The record before us presents the following facts: On the 28th day of December, 1874, John C. Bansemer, a married man, being the owner of a tract of land in Tippecanoe county, executed a mortgage thereon to John Purdue, to secure an indebtednes of five thousand dollars. On the 20th day of November, 1875, Sheldon recovered a judgment against Bansemer, and on the 5th day of April, 1879, Bansemer’s interest in the mortgaged land was sold at an execution sale to James W. Jefferson, to satisfy the Sheldon judgment. By his purchase at the execution sale, Jefferson became the owner of the undivided…