Michigan Supreme Court December 7, 1897 (Burke v. Douglass)

Grant, J.

(after stating the facts). 1. The court directed a verdict for the defendant. Whatever rights plaintiff, had were obtained solely from his contract. He entered under it, continued in possession under it, and never notified Mrs. Soule or her grantees that he claimed to hold adversely to it. His contract was not recorded. When Rumsey purchased, he had no knowledge of plaintiff’s rights.