Lafferty v. People's Savings Bank
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne. (Gartner, J.) Bill filed to quiet title. Defendant appeals. Campbell, J., and Sherwood, C. J., dissenting. The facts, and points of counsel, are stated in the opinions.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
The bill of complaint was filed April 27, 1887, to quiet title to real estate situated in the city of Detroit. The case was heard upon pleadings and proofs, and a decree rendered in favor of complainant, from which -defendant appeals.
The b.ll alleges and the answer admits that one Olney Cook, in his life-time, and at the time of his death, was the owner in fee of the land; that Cook died August 13, 1876, leaving a last will, by which he disposed of his property in the following language:
“ After all of my lawful debts are paid and discharged, the residue of all my estate, both real and…
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