Triangle Land Co. v. Nessen
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Lake; Rose, J. Bill by the Triangle Land Company against J. O. Nessen and another to set aside a deed and to quiet title. From an order overruling a demurrer to the bill, defendants appeal.
Read the full summary
Appeal from Lake; Rose, J. Bill by the Triangle Land Company against J. O. Nessen and another to set aside a deed and to quiet title. From an order overruling a demurrer to the bill, defendants appeal. Complainant sets out its title to certain land derived from a sale of the land for taxes levied in the year 1900. It avers that the statute notice was duly served upon defendants, who are the grantees named in the last recorded deed, made in 1893 and recorded in the regular chain of title, that thereafter more than six months elapsed, and that said defendants have neither paid nor tendered the…
1Opinion of the CourtOstrander, J.
(after stating the facts). The bill is filed under 1 Comp. Laws, § 448. That section reads:
“Any person claiming the legal or equitable title to lands, whether in possession or not, may institute a suit in chancery against any other person, not in possession, setting up a claim thereto in opposition to the title claimed by the complainant, and if the complainant shall establish his title to such lands, the defendant shall be decreed to release to the complainant all claims thereto, and pay costs, unless the defendant shall, by his answer, disclaim all title to such lands and give a release to…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- City of Detroit v. MartinMichigan Supreme Court · 1876
- Flint Land Co. v. FochtmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
- Flint Land Co. v. GodkinMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- Jenks v. HathawayMichigan Supreme Court · 1882
3Cited by1 opinion
- Fowler v. StubbingsMichigan Supreme Court · 1918