Where the defect in the record title is one which can be remedied by recording an affidavit setting up the facts, such a course may be pursued to the advantage of all parties concerned. In drafting such affidavits averments should be included stating who the deponent is, what his opportunities for knowing the facts have been, the length of his acquaintance with the individual in regard to whom the defect has arisen. The following form may be used to correct several different classes of defects which frequently appear on the record.

State of Michigan, County of..............................

ss.

John Doe, being first duly sworn, deposes and states that the is............years of age; that his occupation is (here state occupation of deponent); that he has been a resident of said county and state for a period of............years; that this deponent was well acquainted with Richard Roe, who, as vendor, executed a deed on the....................day of....................to William Smith, as vendee, to the following described real estate, to-wit: (here insert legal description of real estate), which deed is recorded in liber...................., page....................in the office of the register of deeds of said county.

(a) (Where purpose of the affidavit is to cure a defect respecting the marital status of the vendor.)

That at the time of the execution and delivery of said deed, the said Richard Roe was an unmarried man.

(b) (If the affidavit is sought to cure defects arising from the use of initials, misspelled or abbreviated names, in the place of paragraph A substitute as follows:)

That the true and correct name of the said vendor in such conveyance was Richard Roe, but that the said Richard Roe throughout his lifetime was commonly called Dick Roe, and to the personal knowledge of this deponent, on many occasions executed contracts, deeds, and other instruments signing his name thereto as Dick Roe, but that the said Dick Roe who executed said conveyance as vendor was the same identical person as Richard Roe who was the owner of such property of record on the date such conveyance was made.

(c) (Where a deed conveys property to a husband and wife as vendees followed by conveyance from only one, one of such vendees having died in the meantime without anything appearing of record to show this fact.)

Substitute the following clause for clause (a): That since the said Richard Roe, and Mary Roe, his wife, acquired title to the above described property, to-wit: on the

....................day of....................the said Mary Roe died at the City of....................County of...................., and that by reason of the death of Mary Roe, the title to said real estate vested individually in Richard Roe, her husband.