Schnitz v. Grand River Avenue Development Co.

In 1925 plaintiff, Jack L. Sehnitz, an engineer of Jackson, Michigan, who had had previous experience in subdivision work, became interested in the purchase of the north one-half of lot 419 of Grindley Park subdivision, sections 33 and 28, town 2 south, range 10 east, township of Dearborn, Wayne county, Michigan, according to the plat thereof recorded in the office of the register of deeds for Wayne county, Michigan. The subdivision, as platted, contained 919 lots, but defendant Grand River Avenue Development Company owned only a part of the property, including a block of 221 lots…