Blanchard v. DeGraff
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Montcalm. (Smith, J.) Ejectment. Plaintiff's bring error. The facts are stated in the opinion. How. Stat. § 6085, requires, in order to obtain a license for the sale of an infant’s real estate, that a'-petition be filed setting forth the condition of the estate of the ward, and the facts and circumstances on which the petition is founded, tending to show the necessity or expediency of a sale.
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Error to Montcalm. (Smith, J.) Ejectment. Plaintiff's bring error. The facts are stated in the opinion. How. Stat. § 6085, requires, in order to obtain a license for the sale of an infant’s real estate, that a'-petition be filed setting forth the condition of the estate of the ward, and the facts and circumstances on which the petition is founded, tending to show the necessity or expediency of a sale. This petition must be made and verified by the guardian, and is necessary to give the probate court jurisdiction : Ryder v. Flanders, 30 Mich. 336. The record, in this case, fails to show the…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, J.
This case is ejectment, brought by plaintiffs, to recover an undivided one-fourth of the S. E. £ of the S. W. ¿ of section 6, in township 9 N., of range 7 W., being in the town of Eairplains, in the county of Montcalm. The plea was the general issue. The cause was tried before a jury in the Montcalm circuit, and the defendant obtained a verdict in her favor. The plaintiffs bring error.
Charles H. Miel died previous to 1864, and left five children to inherit his property. Four of the children were minors, and Daniel Swift was duly appointed their guardian, on the thirteenth day of August, 1864.…
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