In re Selby
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeals from the decision of the Honorable Daniel Goodwin, District Judge of the Upper Peninsula- On the 20th day of June, a. d. 1857, Henry Selby presented his petition to said district judge, representing that he was equitably and legally entitled to the undivided one-half of lot six in section twenty-five within the limits of the town-site of Ontonagon, of which he was then in the actual occupancy and possession, as tenant in common with James K. Paul; that he acquired…
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Appeals from the decision of the Honorable Daniel Goodwin, District Judge of the Upper Peninsula- On the 20th day of June, a. d. 1857, Henry Selby presented his petition to said district judge, representing that he was equitably and legally entitled to the undivided one-half of lot six in section twenty-five within the limits of the town-site of Ontonagon, of which he was then in the actual occupancy and possession, as tenant in common with James K. Paul; that he acquired his right thereto by a quitclaim. deed from said Paul, dated November 1st, 1856 ; that there was no other claimant or…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.:
The district judge of the Upper Peninsula, on the 28th day of November, 1856, received a patent for lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, of section 25, and lot 1 in section 36, in township 52 north, of range 40 west, in Ontonagon county, in trust for the several use and benefit of the occupants thereof, according to their respective interests. This purported to be granted under the provisions of an act of Congress, approved May 23d, 1844, entitled “An Act for the Relief of Citizens of Towns upon the Lands of the United States, under certain circumstances.” Lots 1, 2, and 3, in section 25,…
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