Blanchard v. Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in Chancery from Ionia Circuit:
1Opinion of the Court
Graves, Ch. J.
The court below having dismissed the complainant’s bill after hearing on pleadings and proofs, he has appealed to this court.
He sets up a conveyance made by himself and wife to the Ionia & Lansing Eailroad Company in June, 1870, of certain ground on his farm, for a track and depot, the subsequent consolidation of that company with the Detroit, Howell & Lansing Eailroad Company, and the assumption by the resulting organization of the name ascribed to defendants in the title of the cause.
The consideration clause of this deed stated that the conveyance was made “in consideration of…
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