Howatt v. Green
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Chippewa; Steere, J. Bill by Charles Howatt and another against John H. Green and another to quiet title to land. From a decree for complainants, defendant Green appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
This is a bill to remove a cloud from complainants’ title to lot 2 of Fourchette’s Addition to the City of Sault Ste. Marie. Complainants claim title by record and by adverse possession. Defendants claim title by record, and deny complainants’ adverse possession. As we believe that complainants have acquired title by adverse possession, it is unnecessary to determine, and we will not determine, who holds the record title.
The facts respecting adverse possession are these: The original patent was granted May 6, 1873, to John Baptiste Le May, alias John Baptiste Rebec. September 3, 1873, Le May…
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