Powers v. Nesbit

The appellees, in their complaint, assert title in fee simple to the land in dispute, and specifically set *498forth the nature of their title. The title which they assert is claimed through Elizabeth Rodgers, deceased, who was the wife of John R. Rodgers. The husband was adjudged a bankrupt, and the property was sold under an order made in the bankruptcy proceedings, on the first day of February, 1878.

It may be said, as well at the outset as elsewhere, that, upon the sale under the order in bankruptcy, the title of the ancestor of the appellees became vested. Elliott v. Gale, 113 Ind. 383 (393),…