Hurd v. Raymond

This is an action of ejectment for five city lots in Hastings. The plaintiff derived title by purchase under the foreclosure decree made in the case of Johnson v. Van Velsor 43 Mich. 208. Mrs. Van Velsor has since intermarried with defendant Alfred, and this suit is prosecuted to get possession in virtue of Hurd’s purchase under said deeree. The circuit judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff, and the only inquiry now is whether certain rulings against titles offered by defendants are open to exception.

The suit was commenced in December, 1880. The defendants relied on a deed made by the…