Millard v. Jordan

In 1874 the defendant was occupying 80 acres of land in Fairfield, Lenawee county, claiming title under a tax deed from the Auditor General of the State of Michigan.

*132Julia B. Cutler claimed to own the land in fee through a chain of title from the United States, and in the year 1874 brought ejectment against Jordan in the circuit court for the-county of Lenawee. Jordan then employed Millard, the plaintiff in this case, to defend the action. Millard interposed the plea of the general issue, and the case remained in that state until the spring of 1882; Jordan in the meantime having paÉl Millard…