Richards v. Tozer

The plaintiff in error brought trover for a quantity of' pine saw logs cut and taken from the N. W. 4 of the S. E. 4 of section 2, in Deerfield, in Lapeer county^ Verdict and judgment passing against him, he brought the case here on writ of error and bill of exceptions.

It seems that this lot in question was unoccupied, and the plaintiff, in order to establish his right to the logs, gave evidence that in 1862 he obtained a tax deed of the land for the taxes ,of 1860, and in December, 1863, quit-claimed to Nelson Newman, who held the patent title; that in and by this quit-claim he excepted and…