Key v. Ostrander

This was an action by Key and Bailey, the appellants, against Ostrander, to recover the possession of a tract of land, which is described in the complaint as “forty *2acres, in the north-east quarter of section thirty-six (36), north of Otter Greek, in township thirteen (13) north, of range nine (9) west, in Vigo county, -Indiana.” '

The defendant answered by the general denial, and also by a special paragraph, on which issue was taken, but which need not be noticed further, as all matters of defense were admissible under the general denial.

The court to which, by agreement of the parties, the…