Legal Opinion

Huron Land Co. v. Lobdell-Churchill Manufacturing Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 3, 1914No. Docket No. 15PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Error to Cheboygan; Shepherd, J. Ejectment by the Huron Land Company, Limited, against the Lobdell-Churchill Manufacturing Co. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error.

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Error to Cheboygan; Shepherd, J. Ejectment by the Huron Land Company, Limited, against the Lobdell-Churchill Manufacturing Co. Judgment for defendant on a directed verdict. Plaintiff brings error. The plaintiff claims to be the owner of the original title to certain land, and therefore owner of the timber growing thereon. ' Defendant, who is sued for the value of timber which it is claimed was cut and removed from the land, is assignee of the grantee of an owner of tax titles, admitted to be regular, but who had no right to possession of the land thereunder because no notice had been given to…

1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.

(after stating the facts). Adhering to former rulings (Griffin v. Kennedy, 148 Mich. 583 *50[112 N. W. 756]; Horton v. Helmholtz, 149 Mich. 229 [112 N. W. 930]; Haney v. Miller, 154 Mich. 340 [117 N. W. 71, 745]; Haney v. Auditor General, 165 Mich. 681 [131 N. W. 174]; White v. Dunsmore, 167 Mich. 548 [133 N. W. 523]; Powell v. Pierce, 168 Mich. 427 [134 N. W. 447]; Holmes v. Soule, 180 Mich. 526 [147 N. W. 621]), which we are asked by appellant to re-examine and to modify to the extent of holding that some interest in the land remains to the owner after regular sale of it for taxes and after…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Hakes v. ThayerMichigan Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Griffin v. KennedyMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Holmes v. SouleMichigan Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Haney v. MillerMichigan Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Powell v. PierceMichigan Supreme Court · 1912

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Triangle Land Co. v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Closser v. AbrahamMichigan Supreme Court · 1938
  3. Rousseau v. RiihiniemiMichigan Supreme Court · 1915
  4. Bretz v. HitchcockMichigan Supreme Court · 1915

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