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22 Mich. 35

Barron v. Robbins

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 25, 1870

Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1870-10-25

Appeal in Chancery from St. Clair Circuit. The bill in this cause was filed by William B.. Barron in the Circuit Court for the County of St. Clair in Chancery, against Lucinda A. Bobbins and Levi B. Bobbins, to quiet the title to three hundred and twenty acres of land in St. Clair county.

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Decided 1870-10-25

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Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently November 1944

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Campbell, Ch. J. .

¶1The bill was filed to quiet title; but, inasmuch as the defendants are shown to be actually on the land, and claiming title, there is nothing to prevent proceedings at law against them, either by trespass or ejectment. The jurisdiction of equity to quiet title is intended to reach persons out of possession, who cannot be compelled to defend their rights at law. It is not designed to dispense with legal proceedings where they can be had without obstruction.

¶2The bill was properly dismissed, and the decree should be affirmed with costs.

The other Justices concurred..
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