Shaaf v. O'Connor
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Sanilac; Beach, J. Bill by Robert Shaaf and' others against William O’Connor, trustee, and James B. Bradley, auditor general, to restrain an action of ejectment, and to quiet title. From a decree for complainants, defendant O’Connor appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Hooker, • J.
There is no substantial dispute about the facts in this case. They are as follows: In 1858, while the several parcels of land which are the subject of this litigation constituted one parcel, owned and occupied by Jarvis Hurd, a tax was levied against the land. Being returned delinquent, said Hurd caused payment to the auditor general of one-half of the tax, which payment was seasonable, and was accepted and entered upon the books of the department as payment and satisfaction for the undivided one-half of the land. Upon the tax sale the remaining one-half was offered for sale, when…
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