Carpenter v. Mumby

This appeal involves a family dispute over title of long standing to an 80-acre parcel of land, located in Manistee County. Both sides claim interests through a common owner, Blake Carpenter, who was seized of the property at the time of his intestate death on May 17, 1947. Coplaintiff, Kenneth Carpenter, is the son of Blake Carpenter. He claims virtually full ownership 1 by purchase through a chain of title leading hack to a deed from the administratrix of Blake Carpenter’s estate. Defendants and counterclaimants, Joan Carpenter Mumby, Beverly Morris Smith, and Marlene Carpenter DeWitt, are…