Sudworth v. Morton
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Washtenaw; Kinne, J. Case by George B. Sudworth against Hudson T. Morton and the Wolverine Land Company for fraud and deceit. There was judgment for plaintiff against defendant Morton, and Morton brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff derived title to the premises in question by purchase from one Noble, whose title came through the foreclosure of a mortgage given by McMahon, the prior owner. In 1875 defendant Hudson T. Morton received a tax certificate for $74.44, and in 1876 another for $70.32 on his purchase at the tax sales for said years. In 1901 Morton filed with the auditor general his affidavit of ownership and loss of said certificate, and obtained auditor general’s deeds upon them, and subsequently quit-claimed his interest in the land to the Wolverine Land Company, his codefendant. At this time the…
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