Legal Opinion
Brown v. Phillips
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided January 28, 1879PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Error to St. Joseph. Ejectment. The facts are in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
Phillips brought ejectment for the undivided three-eighths of the north half of the west half of the northwest quarter of section sixteen, in the township of Sturgis, in the county of St. Joseph, and was allowed to recover, and the defendants below brought error. The material facts are not disputed.
In 1850 Archibald Brown died seized of the whole forty acres and intestate. He left a widow, Jane Brown, who is one of the parties, and eight heirs at law, namely, Harriet Chase, Thomas S. Brown, Emeline A. Brown, Sarah E. Brown, Caroline Wilson, Abigail Davis, Jemima J. Munger, and Mary Phillips,…
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