Lebaron v. Shepherd
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Washtenaw Circuit. Horace T. LeBaron filed his bill in the Circuit Court for the County of WashtenaAV in Chancery, against Cornelius Shepherd, to quiet his title to certain lands in Washtenaw County, of which he claimed to be in possession.
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Appeal in Chancery from Washtenaw Circuit. Horace T. LeBaron filed his bill in the Circuit Court for the County of WashtenaAV in Chancery, against Cornelius Shepherd, to quiet his title to certain lands in Washtenaw County, of which he claimed to be in possession. He sets forth his title generally, that the premises were originally entered and purchased of the Government of the United States by James Hankenson, Jr., and that the same has been conveyed by a regular chain of title, by deed and will, from the said James Hankenson to him; and more particularly that the premises were conveyed by…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This case was brought to a hearing at the last spring term, and was then argued by counsel for the defendant upon an elaborate brief containing the points, and a reference to the authorities relied on. The counsel for complainant, not being then prepared with a brief, submitted a number of points chiefly upon the facts, and containing no citation of *268authorities upon any of the important questions of law involved, and he did not pretend to address himseli to the material law points in the case. It was, however, arranged by counsel, in order to get the case before the Court and avert the…
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