Krench v. State of Michigan

The bill herein was filed to obtain reformation of a quitclaim deed by the State of public domain land and to quiet title to oil, gas and mineral ownership thereon, restrain trespass and have an accounting for oil and gas removed from the premises.

Unoccupied and unimproved land in Ogemaw county was sold for unpaid taxes for several years and purchased in behalf of the State by the auditor general and, not having been redeemed within the period allowed by law and found abandoned, was removed from homestead entry and sale for homestead purposes, and deeded by the auditor general to the State in…