Johnston Realty & Investment Co. v. Grosvenor

This case is one brought on appeal from the circuit court of Chippewa county in which the relief by way of specific performance sought by the plaintiffs and appellants was denied and the bill of complaint dismissed. Reference is made in the record to the defendant’s cross-bill, and at the conclusion of defendant’s answer there is a prayer for affirmative relief. There seems to have been no answer filed to this so-called cross-bill, nor was default entered. In the opinion filed the trial judge said because “the defendant has not sustained the burden of proof, the prayer of the cross-bill must…