Legal Opinion

Jones v. Mount

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided April 29, 1902No. 4,212PublishedCited by 9 opinions

From Blackford Circuit Court; E. C. Vaughn, Judge. Suit by William L. Jones against Harry Mount and others to quiet title. From a judgment for defendants on demurrer to complaint, plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHenley, J.

This was an action to quiet title commenced by appellant against the appellees. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the complaint on the ground and for the reason that the description of the land in the complaint, the title to which appellant asked to be quieted in him, was so indefinite and uncertain that a valid judgment and decree could not be based thereon. The description contained in the complaint, put in the most definite shape which the whole complaint and contract will justify, would be as follows: “The west half of the southeast quarter of section five, township twenty-five…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. College Corner & Richmond Gravel Road Co. v. MossIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Ratliff v. StretchIndiana Supreme Court · 1889

3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. Carr v. Huntington Light & Fuel Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1904
  4. Parsons & Sweeney Oil Co. v. McCormickWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Pittinger v. RamageIndiana Court of Appeals · 1907

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