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145 Ind. 698

Barton v. Cridge

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 19, 1896

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1896-06-19

<p>From the Madison Circuit Court.</p>

Relies on Collins v. Dresslar

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Reversed · Decided 1896-06-19

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Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently February 1914

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McCabe, J.

¶1— The appellant sued the appellee to recover possession of real estate. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the complaint for want of sufficient facts. The error assigned is upon that ruling.

¶2The complaint is in the ordinary form in such actions except the description of the land. The description is as follows : “ Ten acres off of the south end of the northeast quarter of section 35, in township 19 north, in range 7 east, except four acres off of the west side of said ten-acre tract heretofore conveyed to Cassana McGill.”

¶3The only reason assigned in argument in support of the action of the circuit court in sustaining the demurrer to the complaint is that the description of the land sought to be recovered was too uncertain and hence the complaint did not state facts sufficient. The exact question thus presented was decided adversely to appellee’s contention in Collins v. Dressler, 133 Ind. 290.

¶4Adhering to the ruling there made, we must hold that the description was sufficient and that the complaint was good.

¶5The judgment is reversed with instructions to overrule the demurrer to the complaint.

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