Wales v. Newbould
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from the Wayne Circuit in Chancery. The bill of complaint set forth substantially the following facts: Thomas F. Knapp, in his life- time, and John Thorn, owned together a certain tract of land in Port Huron, Michigan, the legal title to which was in Thorn. This tract was subdivided and platted, and Thorn had sold several lots before Knapp’s decease, which occurred prior to 1848, but had not accounted for the proceeds.
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Appeal from the Wayne Circuit in Chancery. The bill of complaint set forth substantially the following facts: Thomas F. Knapp, in his life- time, and John Thorn, owned together a certain tract of land in Port Huron, Michigan, the legal title to which was in Thorn. This tract was subdivided and platted, and Thorn had sold several lots before Knapp’s decease, which occurred prior to 1848, but had not accounted for the proceeds. LaFayette Knapp and Eliza Knapp were the children and heirs at law of Thomas F. Knapp, the latter of whom married Frank L. Hunt, about 1848, and she, her husband and La…
1Opinion of the Court
Martin Ch. J.:
Wales files this bill to obtain from the defendant an account of the property of the late Cornelia Newbould, which came into his hands during her life, and of the avails *58of such as has been sold by him, and for payment of such moneys as have been received therefor, and a delivery of such of the property as remains in the defendant’s hands. In doing this, he sets forth the several relations in which he stands to the estate of the late Cornelia Nowbould, alleging that he is administrator of such estate, administrator of that of Knapp, from and through which a large portion of the…
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