Francis v. Ford Motor Co.

The question here presented is whether section 12376, 3 Comp. Laws 1915, which permits a person not personally served with process to petition for leave to defend at any time within three years after a decree is made in a proceeding to quiet title under the act providing therefor in cases of “unknown heirs, devisees, legatees and assigns,” is applicable to proceedings in partition under chapter 31 (§ 13258 et seq.).

This chapter is complete in itself, and relates to but one subject, “the partition of lands owned by several persons.” Section 13268 reads as follows:

“If any parties having an…