Beers v. Beers
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair Circuit. This was an action on the case brought by William X. Beers and others in the Circuit Court for the County of St. Clair, against Alice M. Beers for waste, alleged in the plaintiffs’ declaration to have been committed in taking down and carrying away a steam flouring mill situated upon the premises, the title to which- the plaintiffs held as reversioners in fee after the termination of the life estate of the defendant; which life estate she derived…
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Error to St. Clair Circuit. This was an action on the case brought by William X. Beers and others in the Circuit Court for the County of St. Clair, against Alice M. Beers for waste, alleged in the plaintiffs’ declaration to have been committed in taking down and carrying away a steam flouring mill situated upon the premises, the title to which- the plaintiffs held as reversioners in fee after the termination of the life estate of the defendant; which life estate she derived from her husband, Horace Beers, who died without issue. The defendant pleaded the general issue. On the trial, it…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
The plaintiff in error brought an action on the case for waste against Mrs. Beers, and the following facts appeared on the trial: One Horace Beers died in February, 1859, seized Of the premises described in the record, and on which at that time, and until after the sale made by defendant to one Kean, there was a mill. The defendant in error is the widow of Horace Beers, and at his death became tenant for life of the premises by force of the statute. In 1862, Mrs. Beers conveyed her life estate by deed to Kean, and gave him authority to remove the mill, and he removed it after such conveyance.…
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