Newton v. McKay

Grates, Ch. J.

This was ejectment by the plaintiffs to recover part of a lot in Cheboygan. The cause was tried by the court sitting without a jury. Both parties derived title from Jacob Sammons.

*2The plaintiffs claimed under a recorded grant from him to one Genereaux, of May 1,1852, and the defendants under a deed made by Jacob Sammons to his son, Francis M. Sammons, on the 24th of September, 1859. The court gave judgment for the defendants on the ground that the grant to Genereaux was void for uncertainty. That instrument, as set forth in the record, was as follows:

“Jacob Sammons and wife to F.…