Moore v. Moncus

This is an action to establish an equitable lien upon a parcel of real estate in the city of Detroit, Michigan. The facts necessary to decision *583are as follows: Plaintiff, Annabelle P. Moore and defendant, Pauline Y. Moncus, are sisters. Defendant, Lamar Moncus, is the husband of Pauline Y. Moncus. Plaintiff, recently widowed and not desiring to live alone in the home she and her late husband occupied, proposed that she and defendants live together. At this time plaintiff offered to make the down payment on a house in the amount of approximately $3,500, in return for which she was to receive…