Michigan National Bank & Trust Co. v. Morren

Plaintiffs, personal representatives of the estate of Marvin R. Brummel, deceased, brought an action in the Kent Circuit Court to quiet title to certain property purchased by the estate and seeking damages from defendants for slander of title. The circuit court, in a declaratory judgment, determined that the estate had acquired the property subject to a 1983 mortgage given by the previous owner to defendants, and granted defendants’ motion for summary disposition of plaintiffs’ claim of slander of title. Plaintiffs appeal as of right, and we affirm.

The property that is the subject of this…