Hunt v. Thorn
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the county of St. Clair; In Chancery. Bill for specific performance. On the second day of April, 1827, Thomas S. Knapp purchased of one Henry Jermain, by warranty deed,' a tract of land containing fifty-three acres at the confluence of the Black and St. Clair rivers; being the same premises that were claimed by said Jermain as husband to Mary Racine Jermain, sole heir at law of John Baptiste Racine, deceased, whose claim to the premises had…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for the county of St. Clair; In Chancery. Bill for specific performance. On the second day of April, 1827, Thomas S. Knapp purchased of one Henry Jermain, by warranty deed,' a tract of land containing fifty-three acres at the confluence of the Black and St. Clair rivers; being the same premises that were claimed by said Jermain as husband to Mary Racine Jermain, sole heir at law of John Baptiste Racine, deceased, whose claim to the premises had been proved before the board of United States Land Commissioners, for adjusting land claims in the Territory of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Wing, J.
The agreement between Thomas S. Knapp and John Thom, as set forth in the bill, is fully admitted by the defendant Thorn, in his answer. It is upon this agreement that the complainants, as heirs of Knapp, base all then equities. To meet and overthrow these equities, which spring out of the agreement as admitted, the defendant sets up various matters, which the complainants insist are not responsive to the bill, and they further insist that they have not been sustained by the proof in the case.
We will briefly recapitulate the grounds of defense, as set up by the defendant…
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