Fletcher v. McArthur
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. This was a suit by Jane Virginia Fletcher and others against William McArthur and others to impress a trust upon the legal title to certain lands and for an accounting. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the bill. Complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERENS, District Judge.
This is the last of the cases Garrett v. Boeing (No. 197) 68 Fed. 51; Hodge v. Palms (No. 232) Id. 61; McCants v. Peninsular Land Co. (No. 233) Id. 66; Morancy v. Palms (No. 234) Id. 64; and Fletcher v. McArthur (No. 235), to be disposed of. It is like the others in all essential particulars save *66one. Both parties derive their respective rights from a land claim once owned by John Fletcher, Sr. The complainants found their right upon a devise thereof by Fletcher. The defendants claim under a probate sale of the same land claim made by the order of the parish court of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Garrett v. BoeingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
3Cited by2 opinions
- United States v. BradfordDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1905
- Fletcher v. McArthurCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1902