May v. Tillman

By the court,

Geeen, J.

James May, the husband of the plaintiff, for several years prior to the 15th of'November, 1815, held the premises in question, with the exception of a small parcel thereof, under deeds of conveyance in fee from several individuals; and on the last mentioned clay he conveyed the same to Duncan Reid, by a warranty deed indented. Reed subsequently died; and Mrs. Eleanor Reid, bis widow, (now Mis. Cheldon) applied to the governor and judges of the late territory of Michigan, as the widow and legal representative of the .said Duncan Reid, under the act of Congress of April…