Harrison v. Spencer
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair; Vance, J. • Ejectment by William Harrison against Horace H. Spencer. From a judgment' for defendant, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This was an action of ejectment to recover 80 acres of land in St. Clair county. The plaintiff made a prima facie title from the government, and the defense depended upon proof of adverse possession.
The defendant introduced a tax deed to Ira Spencer, dated February 6, 1861, and recorded October 1, 1864, for the taxes of 1858, and a quitclaim deed from Ira Spencer to defendant, dated April 26, 1862, and recorded October 1, 1864. The lands were then wild lands, but in 1865 defendant made an arrangement with Lorenzo D. Cole to go upon the lands, and get out timber; and he testifies that he went…
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