Williams v. Mears

Plaintiff brought ejectment to recover two parcels of land situated in the township of Bedford, in the county of Monroe.

*87On the trial she introduced deeds showing a chain of title from the United States to plaintiff before the commencement of suit.

The defense relied on.was a deed from the Auditor General of the State of Michigan, executed in 1869, upon a sale of delinquent taxes for the year 1866 assessed upon the lands in question.

In order to prove that the taxes for the year 1866 were illegal, the plaintiff placed upon the stand one Michael Phaelon, who testified that he was a supervisor, in…