Downing v. Birney

On February 6, 1851, James G. Birney made a deed of the premises described in the declaration, of which the following is a copy of the important part, viz.:

“ And Lorainie Spicer, wife of Ezekiel Spicer, of the same place, of the second part, witnesseth, that, in con*475sideration of one hundred dollars paid by the said Ezekiel Spicer to the parties of the first part, they have bargained and sold and do hereby convey to the said Lorainie Spicer the lots known as numbered eight and nine (8 and 9) in square numbered forty-eight (48) in the village of Lower Saginaw, above mentioned, according to the…