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Williams v. Richards

Supreme Court of Michigan
Mar 7, 1930
229 N.W. 326 (Mich. 1930)

Summary

In Coryell v. Old Colony Ins. Co., 118 Neb. 303, 229 N.W. 326, the Supreme Court of Nebraska, on rehearing, set aside its previous holding in the same case. The final decision is in line with our decision here.

Summary of this case from Fire Ass'n v. Nelson

Opinion

Docket No. 127, Calendar No. 34,805.

Submitted January 15, 1930.

Decided March 7, 1930.

Appeal from Wayne; Brennan (Vincent M.), J. Submitted January 15, 1930. (Docket No. 127, Calendar No. 34,805.) Decided March 7, 1930.

Bill by Thomas Williams and another against Irene Richards and another for partition of realty. Cross-bill by defendants for specific performance of an alleged oral agreement. From a decree granting plaintiff relief prayed, defendants appeal. Affirmed.

Lynch Hinks, for plaintiffs.

Louis B. Ver Wiebe, for defendants.


Plaintiffs and defendants own as tenants in common a house and lot in Detroit. Defendants, contending that plaintiff, Thomas Williams, had agreed orally With them to purchase their respective interests and to pay them each therefor $2,500, sought specific performance of the alleged oral agreement, which was refused by decree of the Wayne circuit and the decree on appeal was affirmed here. Forler v. Williams, 242 Mich. 639. In the case at bar plaintiffs seek partition and defendants present again their demand for specific performance of the alleged oral agreement. The trial court granted plaintiffs the relief prayed and held defendants were not entitled to relief, on two grounds, namely, the holding and decree in the former case, and the alleged agreement had not in fact been made. Defendants have appealed.

There has been former adjudication. Nothing more need be said, but we add in aid of finality, as did the trial court, that we find the alleged agreement not made.

Affirmed. Costs to plaintiffs.

WIEST, C.J., and BUTZEL, POTTER, SHARPE, NORTH, and FEAD, JJ., concurred. McDONALD, J., did not sit.


Summaries of

Williams v. Richards

Supreme Court of Michigan
Mar 7, 1930
229 N.W. 326 (Mich. 1930)

In Coryell v. Old Colony Ins. Co., 118 Neb. 303, 229 N.W. 326, the Supreme Court of Nebraska, on rehearing, set aside its previous holding in the same case. The final decision is in line with our decision here.

Summary of this case from Fire Ass'n v. Nelson
Case details for

Williams v. Richards

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAMS v. RICHARDS

Court:Supreme Court of Michigan

Date published: Mar 7, 1930

Citations

229 N.W. 326 (Mich. 1930)
229 N.W. 326

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