King v. Potter
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair Circuit. This was an action to recover possession of certain lands in St. Clair County. The defendant below claimed title to the land described in the plaintiff’s declaration, by virtue of several tax deeds and a sheriff’s deed. He also claimed compensation for buildings and improvements made by him, having been in possession of the premises for six years and more, prior to the commencement of this suit.
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Error to St. Clair Circuit. This was an action to recover possession of certain lands in St. Clair County. The defendant below claimed title to the land described in the plaintiff’s declaration, by virtue of several tax deeds and a sheriff’s deed. He also claimed compensation for buildings and improvements made by him, having been in possession of the premises for six years and more, prior to the commencement of this suit. The plaintiff proved his title to the premises by a patent from the United States to himself. The tax deeds and the sheriff’s deed contained descriptions different from…
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.
By section 4603 Compiled Laws, (being sec. 50 of Ch. 134) it is provided that "when the defendant in ejectment, or any person through whom he claims title, shall have been in actual possession of the premises for six successive years, or more, after this chapter shall take effect as a law, and before the commencement of the action and claiming title either by virtue of, or in opposition to a sale made by any executor, administrator or guardian, or the Auditor General, or any county treasurer, or other person or body corporate authorized by any statute to make sale of land for…
2Cited by1 opinion
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