Petit v. Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair; Eldredge, J.', presiding. Ejectment by Frank B. Petit against the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
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Error to St. Clair; Eldredge, J.', presiding. Ejectment by Frank B. Petit against the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff brings error. The following are the findings of fact and conclusions of law: “This action is brought by plaintiff to recover an undivided quarter of ‘ all that part of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 15, town 6 north, of range 17 east, which lies south of the right of way of the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroad,’ situate in the county of St. Clair, in this State. “pacts. “(1) The lands in controversy are…
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J.
This is an action of ejectment for an undivided one-fourth of the land described in the declaration. The case was tried before the circuit judge. His findings of fact and conclusions of law will be found in the statement of the case. Plaintiff appeals.
The defendant claims several defenses to plaintiff’s cause of action. One of them is a tax deed. We agree with the circuit judge that no valid title was obtained by *370virtue of this deed. The assessment which was the basis of the tax sale did not describe any land, and the description in the deed from the auditor general was fatally defective.
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