Rayner v. Lee
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Livingston Circuit. The hill in this cause was filed by John Rayner, in the Circuit Court for the County of Livingston, in Chancery, against Frederick J. Lee, to quiet the complainant’s title to Lot 54, on Crane & Brooks’ plat of the village of Howell, and to compel a release of the defendant’s pretended title.
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Appeal in Chancery from Livingston Circuit. The hill in this cause was filed by John Rayner, in the Circuit Court for the County of Livingston, in Chancery, against Frederick J. Lee, to quiet the complainant’s title to Lot 54, on Crane & Brooks’ plat of the village of Howell, and to compel a release of the defendant’s pretended title. The defendant answered denying the validity of the complainant’s title; claiming title in himself; First, under a deed made to him by the Auditor General of the State, based on a sale of the premises for taxes assessed thereon, and returned as delinquent for the…
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, J.
The bill in this case was filed to quiet the complainant’s title to a certain village lot in Howell, which he had purchased in 1861, at Sheriff’s sale, on an execution against Samuel S. Hunt. Hunt’s title, it appears, was derived through John G. Peterson, who, on March 22, 1842, gave a deed of the lot to Wellington A. Glover. Glover immediately took possession under his deed, claiming title, and died in the occupancy of the lot the next year, and it was sold at probate sale by his administrator to Hezekiah Gates. From Gates to complainant there were a number of intermediate conveyances, and…
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