Seeley v. Howard
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair Circuit. Seeley brought ejeqtment in the circuit court for the county of St. Clair, and declared as follows: “ Edwin E. Seeley, plaintiff in this suit, by John Atkinson, his attorney, filing this declaration as commencement of suit, complains of Henry Howard, defendant in this suit, in a plea of ejectment.
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Error to St. Clair Circuit. Seeley brought ejeqtment in the circuit court for the county of St. Clair, and declared as follows: “ Edwin E. Seeley, plaintiff in this suit, by John Atkinson, his attorney, filing this declaration as commencement of suit, complains of Henry Howard, defendant in this suit, in a plea of ejectment. “For that, whereas, the said plaintiff, on the first day of June, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy, was possessed of the following real estate and premises, situate in the city of Port Huron, county of St. Clair, and being known and designated as the…
1Opinion of the Court
*13It was held, by the court, unanimously, that only those grounds of demurrer deserve attention which raise the question whether the premises are described with sufficient certainty; and that, according to the established rules of pleading in ejectment at the present day, as sanctioned by law-writers and illustrated by uniform practice, the description in this case is sufficiently precise and certain.
The judgment of the court below reversed with costs.
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