Clark v. Mowyer
Michigan Supreme Court
Case made after judgment from Genesee Circuit. • The action was ejectment for certain lands in township five north, of range six east. On the trial, the plaintiff proved title from the United States. The defendant, on his part, gave in evidence deeds executed in due form by the Auditor General upon sales of said lands for taxes delinquent for each of the-years 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, and 1851, and deduced title in himself through them.
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Case made after judgment from Genesee Circuit. • The action was ejectment for certain lands in township five north, of range six east. On the trial, the plaintiff proved title from the United States. The defendant, on his part, gave in evidence deeds executed in due form by the Auditor General upon sales of said lands for taxes delinquent for each of the-years 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, and 1851, and deduced title in himself through them. The plaintiff, among other things to impeach the validity of said deeds, introduced in evidence the notices under which said sales were held, which were in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Cheistiancy J.:
The only question in this case is, Whether the notices of sale wore sufficient as regards the place of sale and hour of the day.
The statute which proscribes the notices of sale for taxes of the several years in question — after requiring the Auditor General to make out statements of the several parcels of land upon which taxes are delinquent, specifying the amount of taxes due on each parcel, the interest thereon to the first Monday of October thereafter, together with the costs, expenses, Sso., and providing for eight weeks’ publication of such statements prior to the sale —…
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