Jackson v. Green Estate

771 N.W.2d 675 (2009)

484 Mich. 209

Joan B. JACKSON, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

ESTATE OF Ronald GREEN, Defendant-Appellant.

Docket No. 136423. Calendar No. 3.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued April 7, 2009.

Decided July 30, 2009.

Laurie S. Longo and Dickinson Wright P.L.L.C., (by John G. Cameron, Jr.), Ann Arbor, for Joan B. Jackson.

Brown Powers, P.L.L.C. (by Bridget Brown Powers and Jennifer J. Schafer), Petoskey, for the estate of Ronald Green.

Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

We granted leave to appeal to consider whether an action to partition real estate may go forward when the joint tenant who filed the action…