Swick v. Hartman
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Montcalm; Davis (Frank D. M.), J. Bill by John H. Swick and others against Howard Hartman and another to set aside a deed. Defendants filed a cross-bill to quiet title. From a decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, C. J.
The plaintiffs, five in number, and defendant Delilah E. Hartman are the children of Thomas S. D. Swick and Margaret Swick. Mr. Swick died in November, 1917, possessed of a farm of 80 acres situated in Richland township, Montcalm county. After his death all the children joined in a quitclaim deed of the farm to the widow. The following spring Mrs. Swick deeded the farm to plaintiff Lester Swick and his wife, reserving a life use. While not reduced to writing there is no dispute but that the consideration of this deed was an agreement on Lester’s part to care for his mother during the balance…
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- Severance v. SeveranceMichigan Supreme Court · 1892
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