Weed v. Terry
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Chancery. For a report of the case in that court see Walk. Ch. R. 501, where the pleadings and evidence are given somewhat at length.
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Appeal from Chancery. For a report of the case in that court see Walk. Ch. R. 501, where the pleadings and evidence are given somewhat at length. The case was briefly this: The complainants and the defendant each claimed under conflicting titles “ Pontiac village Jots, 11, 12, 13, 34, 35 and 36 of the sub-division of out lots 14, 15, 16, 25 and 26, according to the plat of the same in the registers office for the county of Oakland, in book M of deeds, p. 199.” The complainants claimed through a deed from the sheriff of Oakland county, executed March 30, 1842, in consummation of a sale of the…
1Opinion of the CourtWhipple, J.
I do not deem it necessary to consider the question, so fully discussed, in the able and ingenious written argument of the counsel for the appellants, as to whether the title to the real estate which is the subject of controversy between the parties, was, at the time the agreement set out in the bill was entered into, vested in the complainants or defendant. Each claimed to have a valid legal title to the premises. This circumstance constituted the subject of difficulty between the parties. The complainants claimed title by virtue of the sale under the execution set forth in the pleadings;…
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