Liebetreu v. Liebetreu
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Perkins, J., presiding. Bill by Wilhelmina Liebetreu and others against Anna M. Liebetreu and others for the partition of certain real estate. Defendants filed an answer in the nature of a cross-bill for the specific performance of a land contract. From a decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
. Steere, J.
This suit was begun by a bill for partition of lot 18 in Weitzel’s subdivision of the city of Detroit, between the heirs of "August Herman Liebe*669treu, who died intestate on December 16, 1911, seised in fee of the property, which had been his home for many years. The lot lies on the west side of Eighteenth street, with a frontage of 50 feet, extending back that width for 150 feet. The serious matter in difference between these parties is, however, the title to the southerly 22.2 feet of said lot, claimed by defendants under an oral contract of purchase, accompanied by possession.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fenton v. MillerMichigan Supreme Court · 1898
3Cited by2 opinions
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