Case Name: Johnson and Another v. Britton
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1864-11
Citations: 23 Ind. 105
Docket Number: 
Parties: Johnson and Another v. Britton.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 23
Pages: 105–110

Head Matter:
Johnson and Another v. Britton.
Contract to Remove Incumbrances—Measure or Recovery.—On a breach of contract to remove incumbrances, the measure of recovery is the amount of the incumbrance which the defendant contracted to remove. Schooler/ v. Stoops, 4 Ind. 130, and Tate v. Booe, 9 Ind. 13, overruled.
Same—Parties—Demurrer.—A brought suit against B and wife to foreclose a mortgage given to him to secure the payment, within a specified time, by B of a mortgage given by him to G, on property sold by B and wife to A. Complaint alleged that A had fully paid B the consideration for his undertaking; B had failed to pay the mortgage to O; and G had obtained an order foreclosing the same. There was no averment that A had paid the money, or that there had been any eviction. Demurrer to complaint overruled.
Held, that, under the code, G was a proper but not a necessary party to the action
Held, also, that the demurrer was correctly overruled. Page 110.
APPEAL from the Montgomery Common Pleas.

Opinion:
Perkins, J.
We think the averments in the complaint in this case bring it within Kirk et ux. v. The Fort Wayne, etc. Company, 13 Ind. Pep. 56; Merritt v. Wells, 18 Ind. 171. The plaintiff avers that she paid the money to the defendants to pay off a certain mortgage, which they specially agreed to pay off for her, and gave the mortgage in question to secure the performance of the agreement. They have failed to perform and should refund, etc. The form of the contract is different from that of a simple indemnity.
Per Curiam.—The judgment is affirmed, with one. per cent, damages and costs.