Booker v. City of Detroit

Defendant appeals as of right from the circuit court’s final order entering judgment in favor of plaintiff after a bench trial. The circuit court awarded plaintiff damages of $30,977.12 in this real property case on the basis of plaintiff’s claims of promissory estoppel and unjust enrichment. Because we conclude that the circuit court erred as a matter of law in entering judgment in favor of plaintiff on those claims, we reverse.

I. factual and procedural background

The decedent, Sanders S. Magee, acquired the subject real property in 1979. Although he collected rental income from the property,…