Legal Opinion
Gragg v. Maynard
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 1, 1911No. Docket No. 75PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from Van Burén; Des Voignes, J. Bill by John A. Gragg and other heirs of Lucy M. Bangs, deceased, against Charles S. Maynard and others to annul a deed. From a decree overruling a demurrer to the bill of complaint, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.
The complainants, heirs at law of Lucy M. Bangs, filed their bill of complaint for the annulment and cancellation of a certain instrument in writing recorded by the defendant Maynard as a deed in the office of the register of deeds after the death of the said Lucy M. Bangs. The bill of complaint contains, among other averments, the following:
“Your petitioners further show unto the court that the said instrument in writing, purporting to convey the said premises as aforesaid, was never delivered to the said Charles S. Maynard during the lifetime of the said Lucy M. Bangs, and that no…
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