Cooley v. Waterman
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal in chancery from Barry Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed to quiet the title to certain lands owned by complainant. The defendant relied upon the Auditor General’s deed for the sale of said land for non-payment of taxes for the year 1859. A decree was entered in the court below for complainant.
1Opinion of the Court
Graves J.
This case comes to this court on appeal by the defendant from the decree of the Circuit Court for the county of Barry, in chancery.
It appears that the southeast quarter of section eight, in township two, north of range eight west, was purchased of the United States ¡by.Voltain Spaulding, who conveyed the west half thereof to Yolney Spaulding, July 31st, 1852; that Yolney Spaulding conveyed the same, on March. 15th, 1854, to George E. Pomeroy, by whom it was conveyed to complainant on November 8th, 1861. It also appears that the east half of the southwest quarter and the northwest…
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