Starkweather v. Chatfield
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Lenawee; Chester, J. Bill by Ira Starkweather and others against Willis Chatfield, drain commissioner of Lenawee county, to restrain the construction of a drain. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
Eleven persons signed the application *444for the drain (2 Comp. Laws, § 4319), ten of them being freeholders if the vendee in a land contract, in possession, is a freeholder. At the common law (1 Bouvier’s Dictionary, p. 693, tit., Estate of Freehold) and by statute (3 Comp. Laws, § 8787) estates of inheritance are freehold estates. The estate of the vendee in a land contract, in possession, is an estate of inheritance. Wing v. McDowell, Walk. Ch. (Mich.) 175; House v. Dexter, 9 Mich. 246; Fitzhugh v. Maxwell, 34 Mich. 138; Bowen v. Lansing, 129 Mich. 117 (57 L. R. A. 643). See, also, City of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bowen v. LansingMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
- Fitzhugh v. MaxwellMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
- City of Marquette v. Michigan Iron & Land Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1903
- House v. DexterMichigan Supreme Court · 1861
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