Price v. Nat. Union Fire Ins. Co.

Plaintiff, claiming to be the owner of certain premises in the city of Manistee as the survivor of herself and John Wesley Conat, who died on December 22, 1937, sought a decree establishing her title and requiring defendant to pay her the proceeds of two fire insurance policies.

Conat, an unmarried man, acquired title to the premises in 1927. In 1930 he conveyed the same by quitclaim deed to “Letta Electa Merrittick,” this deed being recorded January 26, 1933. On March 3, 1933, a quitclaim deed was executed by “Letta Electa Merrittick” to Conat and Isabell Subjinski, jointly, with full rights…