Indiana Supreme Court May 21, 1818 (Smith v. Allen)

Blackford, J.

The object of the parol testimony rejected by the Circuit Court,-was to prove the existence of an equitable title in the defendant below, to the premises in question, prior to the date of the judgment. The.principle, however, is clearly laid down, that, in the action of ejectment, an equitable title cannot be set up in opposition to a legal one. Jackson, d. Smith, v. Pierce, 2 Johns.