Sherman v. A. P. Cook Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Clinton." (Moore, J., presiding.) Bill to quiet title, and to restrain the prosecution of an action in ejectment. Defendant appeals. Decree reversed. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This suit is instituted for the purpose of having the complainant’s title, derived through mesne conveyances from the United States, declared to be superior in equity to that of the defendant, derived through mesne conveyances from the State of Michigan. Both parties, of course, concede that the original title was in the government of the United States, but it is contended on the part of the defendant that the title had passed from the federal government to the State prior to the attempted conveyance by the United States to the complainant’s grantors.
On the 28th of September, 1850, Congress…
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