King v. Harrington
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair Circuit. This was an action of ejectment. The defendant having claimed compensation for improvements under the statute —2 Comp. A. § § 4P93 to 6 — sought to defeat plaintiff’s title by proving title in himself; first, by deed made on a sale under execution; and, second, under several deeds from the Auditor General, for delinquent taxes.
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Error to St. Clair Circuit. This was an action of ejectment. The defendant having claimed compensation for improvements under the statute —2 Comp. A. § § 4P93 to 6 — sought to defeat plaintiff’s title by proving title in himself; first, by deed made on a sale under execution; and, second, under several deeds from the Auditor General, for delinquent taxes. Judgment for possession was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, and a judgment for compensation for improvements in favor of the defendant. In this case, the plaintiff is the owner under a patent from the United States. The defendant is in…
1Opinion of the Court
Ohristiancy J.
This was an action of ejectment. The plaintiff in error, who was also plaintiff below, deduced a perfect title from the United States.
The defendants, having pleaded the general issue, and filed a claim for compensation for improvements under sections 4603 to 4606 of compiled laws, undertook, on.the trial, to defeat the plaintiff’s title by proving title in himself: 1st, under a deed made on a sale under an execution issued on a judgment in an attachment suit against the plaintiff, the proceedings in which he introduced in evidence; 2ndly, under certain deeds from the Auditor…
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