Star Realty, Inc. v. Bower

This appeal is from a denial of plaintiff’s request for specific performance of an alleged contract to sell land entered into on March 23, 1967. In denying the request, the trial court stated:

“In the opinion of this court, the matter can be decided upon the question of defendant’s mental competency to enter into the contract with plaintiff. The test of mental competency to execute a contract for the sale of real estate has been stated and restated in many Michigan cases. * * *

“It is the opinion of this court that the defendant did not have sufficient capacity to understand in a reasonable…