Buhl v. Kenyon

Campbell J.:

The plaintiffs in error brought ejectment in the Court below as execution purchasers of the interest of one of two tenants for years of certain premises in Detroit, which were sold as real estate.

The first question presented is whether such an interest is real estate within the meaning of the statutes relating to the levy and sale of lands on execution. The statute provides that, where not inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Legislature, the word “land” or “lands,” and the words “real estate shall be construed to include lands, tenements and real estate, and all rights…