Berg v. Hessey

In 1926 there was a boom in real estate for summer resort subdivision purposes in lake regions in western Michigan, and especially in the vicinity of Muskegon. In 1925 defendant Marie Hessey and Charles Hessey, her husband (now deceased), purchased about 100 acres of farm land near Lake Michigan and touching Black lake, 60 acres lying in Muskegon county and the adjoining parcel in Ottawa county. They purchased at an executor’s sale and paid $5,000 in cash for the property. They engaged the services of defendant Alvin L. Jackson in planning a plat, subdividing the 60 acres in Muskegon county.…