Beaubien v. Kellogg

In 1847, Mrs. Basilique St. Aubin was the owner of what was known as the “St. Aubin Farm,” now lying in the city of Detroit. The farm was three miles in length; and, for the purpose of dividing it among her eight children, she caused the same to be surveyed and platted by one John Mullett. This plat was made, and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Wayne county, in 1847.

*334Mrs. St. Aubin, during that year, conveyed outlot 54 of the Mullett plat to her daughter, Mrs. Watson, and outlot 51 to another daughter, Phillis Beaubien, plaintiff in the above cases. These two outlots,…