Morse v. Byam

This is an action of ejectment to recover •two forty-acre lots of land in the township of Montrose, ■Genesee county.

The two lots were purchased of the Government by Dudley Gilman in 1854. In 1866, Gilman sold and conveyed them to his son William, who two years later sold .and conveyed to the plaintiff Morse. Morse leased the land to one Cole who went into possession, but five or six years later repudiated the tenancy, and notified Morse he had purchased the land of one Cotharin. Morse took no action -at the time to enforce his rights against Cole, but in 1880 he *596deeded an undivided half of…