Legal Opinion

Downer v. Richardson

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1907No. Docket No. 116PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Error to Bay; Shepard, J. Ejectment by Jane Downer against John Richardson and Mary Richardson. There was judgment for defendants on a verdict directed by the court, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.

This is an action of ejectment commenced April 18, 1905, to recover the possession of a certain lot situated in West Bay City. The defendants are in possession and are tenants of the owner of the original title. The plaintiff is the grantee in a deed issued by the State under the State tax homestead law. All the proceedings resulting in the issuance of said deed were regular, save this: The deed by the auditor general to the State of Michigan, provided for in section 127 of the tax law (Act No. 107, Pub. Acts 1899), was not made, as required by said section, within 90 days after the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Regents of the University of Michigan v. Auditor GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Semer v. Auditor GeneralMichigan Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad v. Solomon Lumber Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Lake Superior Ship Canal, Railway & Iron Co. v. AplinMichigan Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Meagher v. DumasMichigan Supreme Court · 1906

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Price v. StarkMichigan Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Hartman v. EdwardsMichigan Supreme Court · 1932

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