Thomas DeCola v. Starke County Commissioners and Auditor thereof, et al.

── Thomas DeCola v. Starke County Commissioners and Auditor thereof, et al. ── Case No.: 23A-PL-01926 Court: Indiana Court of Appeals Date: December 28, 2023 Author: Judge Leanna Weissmann County of Origin: Starke Category: Civil Decision: Affirmed Judge Altice and Judge Kenworthy concur In his complaint to quiet title, DeCola effectively named the State, Starke County, and the World as parties that may have an interest in land DeCola purported to own in Starke County. The State answered DeCola’s complaint, raising as affirmative defenses that it indeed had an interest in the land under the Arkansas and Other States Swamp Lands Treaty of 1850 and that the Indiana Code barred DeCola from bringing an adverse possession case against the State.1 Starke County and the World did...