Miller v. Steele
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Gladwin; Sharpe, J. Bill by Wilbert L. Miller against Wilber W. Steele to quiet title to land. From a decree for defendant, complainant appeals. Bill to quiet title to land.
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Appeal from Gladwin; Sharpe, J. Bill by Wilbert L. Miller against Wilber W. Steele to quiet title to land. From a decree for defendant, complainant appeals. Bill to quiet title to land. The facts found by the court below are: “ That Wilbert L. Miller, the complainant, purchased from the State of Michigan the north half of southwest quarter of section 5, town 20 north, range 1 west, situated in the county of Gladwin and State of Michigan, under a decree and sale thereof for delinquent taxes of 1895; that the proceedings had to enforce the lien of the State upon said land for the taxes of said…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). That the court had jurisdiction, upon the pleadings, to make the decree, cannot be doubted. It is true, defendant did not ask for affirmative relief. But the court was not required to grant the precise relief prayed for by complainant with the alternative of granting no relief. Complainant is not denied all relief. In any event, for reasons hereinafter given, we find that the land was relieved of the tax.
*127To the other contentions stated, a singie answer may be made, which is that the decree of the court below cannot be treated as relieving against a statutory…
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