Crook v. Ford

Plaintiffs, vendees of city lots in Detroit, were desirous of having built on one of them an income bungalow. Defendants were to acquire title to one of plaintiffs ’ lots on which was to be erected under a verbal contract with defendants a building partially complete, the second story of which was to be finished by plaintiffs. This verbal agreement was made in March, 1926, and defendants were to fully perform their part of the contract by June 5, 1926.'

After the house was up, and according to defendants fully completed on their part, a written land contract was entered into between plaintiffs…