Case Name: Cline v. Inlow
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1860-06-08
Citations: 14 Ind. 419
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cline v. Inlow.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 14
Pages: 419–420

Head Matter:
Cline v. Inlow.
APPEAL from the Montgomery Circuit Court.
Friday, June 8.

Opinion:
Hanna, J.
Suit on notes and to foreclose a mortgage.
Answer, that the mortgage had not been recorded within ninety days, and that afterwards the defendant sold said lands to one Brown in good faith and for a valuable consideration, who was in possession and was a necessary party, &c.
Demurrer to the answer sustained.
The answer was not sufficient. If it had been sufficient to prevent a foreclosure, it was not a valid defense against a recovery of judgment on the notes, and would, therefore, be bad, having been pleaded in answer to the whole complaint. But it was not an answer to the prayer for a foreclosure. If Brown had any rights, distinct from those of the defendant, they would not be concluded by a proceeding to which he was not a party. He was not, therefore, a necessary party; whether a proper party upon his own application, we need not decide.
$. c. Willson and J. E. McDonald, for the appellant.
jper Curiam.
The judgment is affirmed with 5 per cent, damages and costs.