Haynes v. Bennett

Ejectment to recover forty acres of land lying in the county of Gratiot. Plea, general issue, with claim for improvements, and with request that value of premises be found without the improvements, and whether the premises had been peacefully occupied by defendant and his grantors, and if so, how long; and the increased value-of the premises by reason of the improvement.

The defendant claims to derive title to the land under and by virtue of a deed obtained from Mary McCartney while an infant under the age of sixteen years.

The cause was tried by Hon. Henry Hart, circuit judge, without a jury,…