Lee v. Livingston
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Mackinac; Shepherd, J. Ejectment by Margaret Lee and others against Anthony Livingston and Mary Livingston. There was judgment for plaintiffs on a verdict directed by the court, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
The action is ejectment. Plaintiffs, who are respectively widow. and heirs of Joseph Anderson, deceased, had verdict by direction of the court and judgment. Plaintiffs’ title is by patent from the United States, issued August 6, 1889, upon a homestead entry. Defendants, who are husband and wife, claim the title through a tax deed for the taxes of the year 1894, issued May 24, 1898, upon a'purchase made September 13, 1897, by defendant Anthony Livingston. October 21. 1896, plaintiff Margaret Lee, her husband, John Lee, joining in the lease, by a writing, leased the land to Anthony Livingston…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sands v. DavisMichigan Supreme Court · 1879
- Adkin v. PillenMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- Gilman v. RiopelleMichigan Supreme Court · 1869
- Moreland v. StrongMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
- Reilly v. BlaserMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
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