Judson v. Miller
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from St. Clair; Vance, J. Bill by James B. Judson and Washington G. Wiley against Henrietta Miller and Edward Kessel to reform a deed and a mortgage, and to foreclose the latter. The conveyances described the land as located upon a section other than that alleged to have been intended. Complainants appeal from a decree dismissing the bill.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This suit was originally instituted against Henrietta Miller and Edward Kessel. Defendant Kessel disclaimed any interest on the trial, and the case proceeded as though Mrs. Miller were the only defendant..
Defendant is the wife of Jacob Miller, who, in 1836, purchased the E. \ of the S. W. \ of section 32, township* 7 N., range 17 E., by contract from one Samuel Wilson, who had located it in 1825. Jacob Miller and his wife, the defendant, lived on the land from- the time of their purchase until 1860, when Jacob died, and the defendant was appointed administratrix of his estate, and has…
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