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Grand Rapids Eagle
Wednesday, 30 December, 1874

         Who Owns Pentwater?
         
         A bill was filed yesterday, 29th, in the United States
       Court in this city in behalf of HENRY RECTOR for the pur-
       pose of setting aside a quit-claim deed of an undivided
       one-sixty interest in the lands on which the village of
       Pentwater now stands. Said deed was given by RECTOR in
       April last to BENJ. LUCE, and RECTOR alleges in his bill
       that it was obtained through fraud. This is another ele-
       ment of complication in the troubles now afflicting the
       Pentwater land owners. As is known to our readers, parties
       in this city have brought suit against the residents of
       Pentwater, claiming the title to the whole or nearly all
       the village. The amount at stake is, according to RECTOR'S
       bill, over one million dollars, as he claims that the one-
       sixty interest conveyed by his quit-claim deed is worth
       $200,000. RECTOR prays an injunction restraining the
       suits heretofore commenced.
       
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