Schwartz v. Tuchman

This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a bill to enforce a partial assignment of a fund alleged to be in the hands of some of the defendants. Defendants Tuchman and Stellwagen entered into an agreement to exchange properties. Tuchman’s property consisted of eight stores with a garage in the rear, located at the comer of Shoemaker and St. Clair avenues in the city of Detroit. Stellwagen had a farm in Sumpter township in Wayne county. The exchange agreement is in the form of a written offer to Paterson brothers and an acceptance by Stellwagen. The material part of the offer is as follows:

“Th…