Hiscock v. Norton
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Jackson. Bill to set aside a deed or to enforce an equitable lien on the land granted. Defendant Chilson appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
For several years before May-23, 1872, the complainant, a‘married woman, owned the northeast quarter of section fifteen, in the township of Sandstone, in Jackson county, and on that day she gave a deed of the west half to her brother, Amos Hicks, and received *322back an instrument specifying that he leased the premises to her for the term of her natural life. The deed expressed a consideration of $1500, and the lease one of $500.
April 11, 1873, and a little less than a year after this transaction, Amos Hicks died intestate, leaving a widow, Mercy Hicks, now Mercy DeForest, and as sole heirs at…
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- Campbell v. CampbellMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
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