Peer v. Kean
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne Circuit in Chancery. The original bill was filed for the specific performance of an agreement made May 20th, 1859, between the complainant and the defendant Michael B. Kean, under which it is alleged said Kean built a steamboat called the “Philo Parsons”; for an account of the earnings of said steamboat from the time she came out, in May, 1861; and for a conveyance of one half of said boat to complainant, in fulfillment of said agreement.
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Appeal from Wayne Circuit in Chancery. The original bill was filed for the specific performance of an agreement made May 20th, 1859, between the complainant and the defendant Michael B. Kean, under which it is alleged said Kean built a steamboat called the “Philo Parsons”; for an account of the earnings of said steamboat from the time she came out, in May, 1861; and for a conveyance of one half of said boat to complainant, in fulfillment of said agreement. Other defendants were brought in by supplemental bill, under allegation that, after the filing of the original bill, they became…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.
The bill in this ease is filed to obtain a conveyance of the undivided half of a steamer, called the “ Philo Parsons,” complainant offering to pay such sums as may be due defendant, Michael B. Kean, who is called upon to account for the receipts of the vessel, which has been under his management.
Complainant A. G. Peer was in 1859 owner of a steamer called the John Owen, which he sold to M. B. Kean, and agreed to receive back an interest for the benefit of his wife, (upon whose estate he is now administrator), in anew steamer *356■which was to be built and completed by Kean under the…
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