Campau v. Van Dyke
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Wayne Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed to impeach and set aside a decree rendered by the Circuit Court for the county of Wayne, April 24th, 1854, in a cause wherein James A. Van Dyke — since deceased, and whose representatives are the principal defendants in this cause — was complainant, and the complainants in this cause were defendants.
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Appeal in Chancery from Wayne Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed to impeach and set aside a decree rendered by the Circuit Court for the county of Wayne, April 24th, 1854, in a cause wherein James A. Van Dyke — since deceased, and whose representatives are the principal defendants in this cause — was complainant, and the complainants in this cause were defendants. The grounds upon which said decree was sought to be impeached are, that at the time it was rendered, complainant was an infant, and that no day in court, after he should become of age, was given him by said decree to show…
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.
On the 7th day of July, 1853, Antoine Beaubien, an old, uneducated and weak minded Frenchman without children, being the owner of a large landed estate in and near Detroit, the management of which he was compelled to entrust to an agent, executed a deed of trust, convejdng the property to John T. Meldrum, then his confidential agent and manager of the property. This deed reserved to the grantor the possession of a small part of the property, and the income of most of it, during his life; but made full provision for the distribution of the property and its proceeds among several…
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