McKinnon v. Meston
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Otsego. (Sbarpe, J.) Replevin. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in tbe opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff replevied certain logs, which defendant had cut and removed from wild lands of which the plaintiff held a patent from the State. The court •directed a verdict for the defendant, apparently upon the .ground that the undisputed testimony showed him to have been the owner of the premises under a tax deed, and in possession under an adverse claim, at the time the timber was cut.
The tax deed was received in evidence, and was a deed from the county treasurer to the defendant for the taxes of 1884, 1885, 1886, and 1887, said lands having been bid off. to the State for the taxes of…
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