Bowen v. Lansing
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Rohnert, J. Bill by Herbert Bowen, administrator of the estate of Angus Keith, deceased, against James B. W. Lansing and G. Duffield Stewart, to remove a cloud from .title. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
Angus Keith, an incompetent person, being possessed of certain land upon Grosse Isle, contracted by an ordinary land contract, through his legally appointed guardian, the Union Trust Company' to convey it to Lulu D. Wormer. The purchase price was §2,500, $500 of which was paid at the time the contract was made. Before full payment, but after a part of the purchase money had been paid, and after the vendee had been put in possession under the contract (according to complainant’s claim), Mr. Keith died, leaving as his sole heir his son, A. Douglas Keith. The complainant, Bowen, was appointed…
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