Barney v. Barney
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Calhoun; North (Walter H.), J. Bill by Fred W. Barney and others against Oliver W. Barney to enjoin an action of ejectment and to quiet title to land. Defendant filed a cross-bill to quiet title and for an accounting. From a decree for defendant, plaintiff Barney appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, J.
Earlier efforts to get for the defendant lands left him by the will of his grandfather are In re Barney’s Will, 187 Mich. 145, and Howes v. Barney, 199 Mich. 569.
On August 11, 1898, Oliver Barney and Phoebe J. Barney, his wife, executed a deed of the lands in question here to their grandson, Oliver W. Barney, the defendant. The deed reserved to the grantors the use and control of the lands during their lives, and it was left with the attorney who drew it. Oliver Barney died February 12, 1900. The deed was recorded February 23, 1900. Fred W. Barney, son of Oliver and father of the defendant,…
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