Stetson v. Cook

Complainant filed his bill to have a cloud *752upon certain real estate which he claimed to own in fee, removed.

It is clear that defendant Cook In 1855 purchased the lands in question, with other lands, from one "Watson, and that the conveyance thereof was properly recorded in the county where these lands are situate on the 20th day of February of that year. The premises were afterwards sold by Cook to third parties who entered into possession thereof and made improvements thereon, but being unable to pay the consideration as agreed, the lands passed back, and the title thereto, to defendant…