Griffin v. Nichols, Shepard & Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Eaton. (Hooker, J.) Bill to remove cloud from title. Defendant appeals Tbe owner of a homestead can dispose of it even as against creditors: Rhead v. Hounson 46 Midi. 244; and if, while living with his wife upon a farm which includes it, he sells the whole without the concurrence of his wife, the deed would be void so far as the homestead itself is concerned,'and with no more notice to the purchaser than the fact that it was the home and dwelling place of the…
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Appeal from Eaton. (Hooker, J.) Bill to remove cloud from title. Defendant appeals Tbe owner of a homestead can dispose of it even as against creditors: Rhead v. Hounson 46 Midi. 244; and if, while living with his wife upon a farm which includes it, he sells the whole without the concurrence of his wife, the deed would be void so far as the homestead itself is concerned,'and with no more notice to the purchaser than the fact that it was the home and dwelling place of the family : Dye v. Mann 10 Mich. 291; Eldridge v. Pierce 90 Ill. .474; Watertown Ins. Co. v. Sewing Machine Go. 41 Mich. 131;…
1Opinion of the CourtGeaves, C. J.
July 31st, 1879, the defendants sued the plaintiff by declaration as surety for one Hollister on a promissory note, and judgment was taken by default in the month of January, 1880, for $687.05 damages and costs. February 7, 1881, an execution was taken on the judgment, returnable on the 3d of May, and on the day it issued, the sheriff, by virtue of it, levied on a parcel of forty acres and also on another parcel of about twenty acres adjoining and occupied with it. June 21st, 1881, the sheriff sold all the premises levied on to the defendants, except a small part of the second parcel, for…
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