Smelsey v. Safety Investment Corp.

This is an action in ejectment to recover possession of certain real estate1 in Detroit. The chain of title on which plaintiff relies begins with record title in one Margaret Graff in 1891. In 1917 Margaret Graff died testate and her will was admitted to probate in Wayne county, by which the property in question was devised to one Josephine Stackpoole, now Josephine Stackpoole Cur-ran. On May 4, 1943, plaintiff acquired, and on May 5th recorded, a quitclaim deed from Josephine Stackpoole Curran covering the property in question, and on May 20th filed the instant proceedings in ejectment…