Craig v. Kelley

In 1924 defendant Louise Lathrup Kelley as owner subdivided 1,000 acres of land in Southfield township, Oakland county, into a series of subdivisions containing 4,000 lots, known collectively as the Lathrup Townsite. Upwards of $150,000 was spent in advertising and promoting sales of the lots, and thousands of copies of a 144-page book, elaborately illustrated, were distributed promoting the development. Upwards of -$2,000,000 worth of lots were sold and about 325 homes have been erected'. The general plan under which Lath-rup Townsite was subdivided, and particularly the land contracts and…