Creighton v. Elgin

This is a direct appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Wayne county.- A freehold is involved. The issues presented are the ownership of three separate properties, identified in the record as the “home place,” the “Crews farm” and the “Poe lot.” The properties will be so referred to in this opinion. The first tract, identified as the home place, consists of 340 acres of. farm land. The second tract, identified as the Crews farm, consists of 160 acres of farm land. The Poe lot is a town property located in the city of Fairfield.

The facts in the record with reference to the home place…