Bernier v. Bernier
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. This was a suit in equity to determine the respective rights of the adtalt and minor heirs of Edward Bernier,-at the time of his death, to certain real property in Michigan, held by him under a homestead entry, and to compel the conveyance from the minor heirs, and the defendant who has acquired an interest from one of them, of an undivided half of the premises, to-the complainants.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN. This was a suit in equity to determine the respective rights of the adtalt and minor heirs of Edward Bernier,-at the time of his death, to certain real property in Michigan, held by him under a homestead entry, and to compel the conveyance from the minor heirs, and the defendant who has acquired an interest from one of them, of an undivided half of the premises, to-the complainants. It arose out of the following facts: On the 24th of May, 1875, Edward Bernier made a homestead entry on the lands in controversy under the provisions of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Field
It would seem that the patent to the minor heirs was issued without the knowledge or consent of any of the heirs; and that their attention was first brought to it when the defendant Goff obtainéd the interest of one of the defendants in 1886. The property wqs always treated as a part of the estate of. Edward Bernier, deceased. It was assessed as such from his death until 1885, and George E. Bernier, one of the heirs, took charge of -the whole estate, including the land in controversy, paid taxes thereon, and took care of the minors. ITe remained id possession of the premises in controversy…
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