Williams v. Spurr
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Houghton Circuit. This bill was filed by William W. Williams against John L. Spurr, Thomas B. Brooks, Raphael Pumpelly, William H. Stevens and Charles H. Palmer. The defendants answered, and proofs were taken. On the hearing the bill was dismissed, and the complainant brings the case up by appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Christiangy, Ch. J.
The bill was filed to set aside a sale made by complainant to Spurr, Brooks and Pumpelly, of certain lands in Houghton county in the Upper Peninsula, described as the north half of the southwest quarter, and the south half of the northwest quarter, of section twenty-four, in township, forty-eight north, of range thirty-one west, on the ground of fraudulent concealment or misrepresentation as to their character and value; complainant claiming by his bill that ho was himself ignorant that they had any value as iron lands, or for mines of iron upon them, and that he believed…
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