Butler v. Roys
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne Circuit. Joseph Campau died seized of a large number of parcels of land of different values, in Wayne county and elsewhere, leaving nine children as equal heirs. The interest of one of these heirs, Theodore J. Campan, in each of four separate city lots in Detroit, was sold on execution, levied, upon such interest in said lots alone, which were only a portion of the lands in said county belonging to such inheritance.
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Error to Wayne Circuit. Joseph Campau died seized of a large number of parcels of land of different values, in Wayne county and elsewhere, leaving nine children as equal heirs. The interest of one of these heirs, Theodore J. Campan, in each of four separate city lots in Detroit, was sold on execution, levied, upon such interest in said lots alone, which were only a portion of the lands in said county belonging to such inheritance. The interest in each lot was sold, separately. On a partition among the heirs, to which the execution purchasers were not made parties, these lots were set off to…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The material facts for the decision of this cause are, that Joseph Campau having died seized of. a large number of parcels of land of different values, in Wayne county and elsewhere, and having left nine children as equal heirs, the interest of one of them, Theodore J. Campau, was sold on execution, not levied on such interest' in all the lands in Wayne county, but on four separate city lots in Detroit, and the interest in each lot was sold separately. On a partition among the heirs, to which the purchasers were not made parties, these lots were set off to other heirs, and not to Theodore; .…
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