Wolverine Land Co. v. Jerome

This is an action of ejectment, brought to recover the possession of an undivided one-half of 40 acres of land in Royal Oak township. From a directed verdict in favor of the defendant, the case is brought here by writ of error.

Defendant is the owner of an undivided half of said land by line of conveyance. Plaintiff claims title by virtue of tax deeds, one dated February 10, 1897, for the taxes of 1893, and the other May 3, 1898, for the taxes of 1894. These deeds were acquired from the State by Judge Baldwin, who subsequently died, and whose representatives conveyed the land to the plaintiff…