Munroe v. Eastman

This was an action of ejectment for lands in the county of Ottawa. All parties claimed title through Edward H. Macy, the original patentee.

The plaintiffs gave in evidence a deed from Macy, whose residence was stated to he in Kalamazoo county, to Joseph W. Brown of Ionia, Michigan, dated February 20, 1837, and purporting to be acknowledged on that day, before Darius Winsor, a justice of the peace of Kent county, who certified that Macy, “the signer and sealer of the subjoined deed,” personally came before him and acknowledged that be executed the deed “for tbe purpose therein expressed.” Upon…