Cleaver v. Bigelow

This case is ejectment, commenced by declaration to recover the undivided half, of the S. W. ¿ of the S. W. i of section 1, in township 13 N., of range 9 E. Plea, general issue; and, with same, claim was made and filed for improvements, as provided in such cases by statute.

The cause was tried before Judge Wixson, in the Tuscola circuit, by jury, the defendant prevailed, and plaintiff brings error.

Benjamin Ellsworth owned the property, and died in March, 1863, leaving a widow and four children, three of whom were minors. The widow again married — a Mr. Hartley — and in 1876 she was appointed…