Legal Opinion
Hammond v. Bloomfield Hills Building Inspector
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 1951No. Calendar 44,988PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBushnell, J.
Plaintiffs John B., Frederick M., and Elizabeth Kean Hammond are the owners of lot 40 (a 5-acre lot) of Hillwood Estates No 1, a subdivision of part of the northeast í of section 14, T 2 N, R 10 E, city of Bloomfield Hills, Oakland county, Michigan. A 3-story house, having upwards of 27 rooms, including 16 bedrooms, is located at about the center of this lot. This house contains approximately 200,000 cubic feet. It was built by plaintiffs’ father in 1923 on 83.6 acres of land.
Plaintiffs purchased the property from the father’s estate, after his death in 1940, for $62,352.93. Subsequent…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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