Case Name: HOFFMAN v. SIMPSON
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1899-10-06
Citations: 121 Mich. 501
Docket Number: 
Parties: HOFFMAN v. SIMPSON.
Judges: 
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 121
Pages: 501–502

Head Matter:
HOFFMAN v. SIMPSON.
Quitclaim Deeds — Bona Fide Purchaser.
A purchaser by quitclaim deed is not a bona fide purchaser, within the recording laws.
Error to Crawford; Sharpe, J.
Submitted October 4, 1899.
Decided October 6, 1899.
Replevin by John M: Hoffman against William H. . Simpson and others. From a judgment for defendants on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error.
Affirmed.
Phillips & Jenks, for appellant.
Main J. Connine, for appellees.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Plaintiff claims title to the land in question by virtue of. a quitclaim deed. The controlling question is the same as that in Peters v. Cartier, 80 Mich. 124 (20 Am. St. Rep. 508), and Beakley v. Robert, 120 Mich. 209. The court directed a verdict for the defendants upon the ground that plaintiff was not a bona fide purchaser.
Judgment affirmed.