Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Longfellow v. Wimer

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided May 29, 1906No. 20,790PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Erom Tipton Circuit Court; J. F. Elliott, Judge. Suit by Jonas A. Wimer against Thomas W. Longfellow as Auditor of Tipton County and others. Erom a decree in favor of plaintiff on his complaint and on the cross-complaint of the State of Indiana, on relation of Thomas W. Longfellow, as Auditor of Tipton County, the cross-complainant ajppeals. Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1337u- Burns 1901, Acts 1901, p. 590.

1Opinion of the CourtJordan, C. J.

—Appellee, as plaintiff below, commenced this suit to quiet title to certain described real estate situated in Tipton county, Indiana. Thomas W. Longfellow, auditor of Tipton county, the board of commissioners and Erancis H. Wheatley' were made defendants to the suit.

Briefly stated, the first paragraph of the amended complaint alleges that the plaintiff is the owner in fee simple of the real estate described, which had been formerly sold as school lands, and a certificate of such sale issued to the purchaser; that the defendant Erancis H. Wheatley had paid in full the purchase price to the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Crooks v. KennettIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Snodgrass v. MorrisIndiana Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Chandler v. Citizens National BankIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Johnson v. State ex rel. StoutIndiana Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Walb Construction Co. v. ChipmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1931
  2. Gilchrist v. HatchIndiana Supreme Court · 1914
  3. State Ex Rel. City of Loogootee v. LarkinIndiana Supreme Court · 1941
  4. Grimm v. RhoadesIndiana Court of Appeals · 1958
  5. Stutsman v. EarlesIndiana Court of Appeals · 1919

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