Stanton v. Hitchcock
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ionia. (Smith, J.) Ejectment. Defendant brings error. The facts are stated in the opinions.
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell, O. J.
In this case the controlling facts found are these:
In 1873, Thomas J. Hitchcock came to Michigan, leaving behind him, in New York, a wife, Caroline Hitchcock, and two minor children. The wife knew of his coming, and expected at some time to join him, but was never in Michigan. In March, 1875, Hitchcock bought a vacant lot, and subsequently built on it. Whether he began to build or not before his second marriage does not appear, but the house was finished thereafter.
In December, 1875, he, without divorce from his previous wife, married defendant, who married him in good faith,…
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