Schuffert v. Grote
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne. (Eeilly, J.) Bill to set aside a deed, and confirm the title to the-land in complainant. Complainant appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
The bill in this case is filed to set aside a deed of the land in controversy, executed by complainant’s father to defendant, and to confirm the title in said land to himself.
His claim is that his father executed a deed to him May 1, 1888; that he gave it back to his father at the *651same time, telling him to keep it as he did not desire to take actual possession of the property until after his father’s death; that his father, on August 21, 1889, executed a deed of this same land to the defendant; that defendant knew of the former deed to complainant, and therefore cannot be considered a bona…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thatcher v. Wardens & Vestrymen of St. Andrew's ChurchMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
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