Porter v. Corbin
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Eaton; Smith, J. Bill by Albert Porter, Prank H. De Golia, and William Smith against John M. Corbin, Edwin S. Harris, and Roscoe D. Dix, auditor general, to quiet title. From a decree for complainants, defendants Corbin and Harris appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
Complainants filed this bill for the purpose of removing a cloud and quieting title to lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of block 31, Waldron’s addition to the village (now city) of Baton Rapids, this State. The cloud was occasioned through the purchase of a tax title by defendants Harris and Corbin, December 2, 1895, for the taxes of 1893, at which time complainant Porter was in possession by tenant, under a written contract of purchase.
It appears that February 27, 1890, J. M. C. Smith purchased the premises in question from defendants Corbin and Harris for $600,, and gave back a purchase-money mortgage…
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