Rhoads v. Rhoads

By this suit, tried to the court as an action in equity, the plaintiff seeks to have adjudged in her the title to forty acres of land in Howell County, described as: — the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section nineteen, Township twenty-two, Range nine. She prevailed below and defendant appealed. We shall refer to the parties as plaintiff and defendant. Plaintiff contends that the defendant conveyed said land to her by warranty deed which, however, was not recorded, and that he afterwards wrongfully obtained possession of and destroyed the deed, leaving the title still…