Goodenow v. Curtis
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Calhoun Circuit. The bill was filed to compel the defendant to convey to complainant certain fractional lots in the village of Albion, included in an agreement of purchase, but omitted by the defendant in his conveyances; such omission being at the time unknown to the complainant, he supposing ' they were embraced in the conveyances. The premises were described in the bill as the “ Knapp House property,” and known as such.
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Appeal in Chancery from Calhoun Circuit. The bill was filed to compel the defendant to convey to complainant certain fractional lots in the village of Albion, included in an agreement of purchase, but omitted by the defendant in his conveyances; such omission being at the time unknown to the complainant, he supposing ' they were embraced in the conveyances. The premises were described in the bill as the “ Knapp House property,” and known as such. The defendant, in his answer, denies that said fractional lots were included in said agreement. A decree was granted as prayed for in the bill. The…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
The complainant filed his bill in the court below, to compel the defendant to convey to him certain premises in the village of Albion, and which he asserted to be a part of what was known as the “Knapp House property.”
The Circuit Court decreed a conveyance as prayed by the bill, and the defendant appealed to this court. The testimony returned is very voluminous, and we deem it unnecessary to notice it in detail.
It appears that when the village of Albion was first platted, a parcel of land between Ionia and Superior streets, and running from the Kalamazoo Kiver to ah alley one rod in width…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Hurley v. BrownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
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