Crawford v. Hoeft
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Presque Isle (Emerick, J.) Bill to cancel deed. Complainant appeals. As to the conclusiveness of a notary’s certificate upon the fact of signing: Ilouriienne v. Schnoor 33 Mich. 274; Johnson v. Van Velsor 43 Mich. 219; see also Cameron v. Gul-Jdns 44 Mich. 533 ; Camp v. Carpenter 52 Mich. 375 ; Matter of Wool 3G Mich. 299 ; Blair v. Compton 33 Mich. 453 ; for cases in which deeds have been set aside for fraud on the grantor and other reasons see Case v. Case 26…
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Appeal from Presque Isle (Emerick, J.) Bill to cancel deed. Complainant appeals. As to the conclusiveness of a notary’s certificate upon the fact of signing: Ilouriienne v. Schnoor 33 Mich. 274; Johnson v. Van Velsor 43 Mich. 219; see also Cameron v. Gul-Jdns 44 Mich. 533 ; Camp v. Carpenter 52 Mich. 375 ; Matter of Wool 3G Mich. 299 ; Blair v. Compton 33 Mich. 453 ; for cases in which deeds have been set aside for fraud on the grantor and other reasons see Case v. Case 26 Mich. 492 ; Warteniberg v. Spiegel 3 Mich. 402; Seeley v. Price 14 Mich. 547; Thorn v. Thorn 51 Mich. 167; Wright v.…
1Opinion of the CourtCooley, C. J.
This case came before us with a voluminous record, containing a great deal of conflicting evidence, and has given us no little trouble. The purpose of the bill was to obtain an adjudication that a deed purporting to be made by complainant to her son was a forgery by the son, and that subsequent conveyances and mortgages by the son were therefore void.
The argument of the case loft me somewhat impressed •with complainant’s view of the facts, but on a careful reading of the testimony afterwards I found this impression substantially effaced. And the more I have reflected upon the case since, the…
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