Van Wert v. Chidester

The bill in this case was filed for the purpose of establishing an equitable title of the complainant in certain lands in the county of Kalamazoo, the legal title to which was in his father, Adrian Van Wert, at the time of his decease. The defendants constitute, with complainant, all the persons interested in the estate of Adrian Van Wert, being his widow, heirs at law and administrators.

The land in question was purchased from the state, and the original certificate was taken in the name of complainant, hut was assigned to the father, as complainant avers, for the purpose of giving to his…