Scott v. Detroit Young Men's Society's Lessee
Michigan Supreme Court
Error, to Wayne Circuit Court. Ejectment, brought by the defendants in error, to recover possession of lot 56, section 1, in the city of Detroit. Plea, not guilty. The cause was tried at the November term, 1839, before Hon. Geo. Morell, Presiding Judge.
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Error, to Wayne Circuit Court. Ejectment, brought by the defendants in error, to recover possession of lot 56, section 1, in the city of Detroit. Plea, not guilty. The cause was tried at the November term, 1839, before Hon. Geo. Morell, Presiding Judge. On the trial, the defendants in error, to prove their corporate existence, their right to take and hold real estate, and to sue for its recovery, offered in evidence what purported to be an act of the Legislature of the State of Michigan, entitled “ An act to incorporate the members of the Detroit Young Men’s Society,” approved March 26, 1836,…
1Opinion of the CourtRansom, J.
This case presents two very important questions for our determination; — the first, involving the validity of the acts of our state government, and, in fact, the very existence of such government, prior to the admission of the state into the Union by Congress, January 26, 1837; — the second, involving the validity of the acts of the Governor and Judges of the Territory of Michigan, between the time of the organization of the government of the state, and her admission into the Union, while in the exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the “Act to provide for the adjustment of titles to…
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