Hoyt v. Southard

This is an action in ejectment. On the trial below the plaintiff, without objection, introduced certain deeds showing a chain of title from the United States to himself; also, for the purpose of showing that defendant claimed an interest in the premises, produced and offered in evidence a tax deed from the Auditor General to defendant conveying the lands in controversy with other lands on a sale of lands for delinquent taxes of 1880; said deed dated January 9, 1883, and recorded in register’s office for the county of Emmet, January 24, 1883; and then rested his case. The defendant then…