Bryan v. Smith
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Lenawee Circuit. Bryan commenced proceedings before the Circuit Court Commissioner to recover possession of certain lands. The following is a copy of the complaint.
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Error to Lenawee Circuit. Bryan commenced proceedings before the Circuit Court Commissioner to recover possession of certain lands. The following is a copy of the complaint. “The complaint of Samuel Bryan, of the.^.township of Raisin, Lenawee county, and State of Michigan, respectfully shows: That heretofore, on the twentieth day of August, a. d. 1850, Moses Smith and Violetta Smith, his wife, made and executed, and on the thirty-first day of August, 1850, acknowledged and delivered unto your complainant, a certain deed, of which the following is a copy: [This copy -is omitted. It purported…
1Opinion of the Court
Christiancy J.:
This was a proceeding before a Circuit Court Commissioner to recover the possession of certain land, claimed to be wrongfully withheld by the defendant Smith. The Commissioner gave judgment for restitution in favor of complainant. The defendant appealed to the Circuit Court: and the Circuit Court, on the trial of the appeal, gave a judgment of dismissal, on the ' ground that the matter in controversy was not within the jurisdiction of the Commissioner, and, consequently, that the Circuit Court had no power to hear and determine the matter in controversy on appeal; and the…
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