Legal Opinion
In re Establish & Quiet Title to Lands & Recreating Public Records
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided March 1, 1951No. Docket No. 32, Calendar No. 44,916PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNorth, J.
The relief sought in this statutory proceeding by Fred B. Hill and James Mathewson, intervening petitioners, was that a decree be entered “establishing and quieting title in petitioners” to 40 acres of land in Montmorency county, of which land they alleged they were the owners in common. The circuit judge, for reasons hereinafter noted, denied the relief sought. Petitioners have appealed.
A fire in 1943 completely destroyed the public records of Montmorency county, Michigan, particularly all of those relating to real estate. There was no independent abstract company functioning in the county.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- American Land Co. v. ZeissSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Reading v. WatermanMichigan Supreme Court · 1881
- Bacon v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- Peterson v. JacobsMichigan Supreme Court · 1942
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