Gardner v. Gardner

Plaintiff Rozell A. Gardner filed this bill of complaint against his father Glenn E. Gardner, alleging that his father had orally agreed in 1929 to purchase a home in Grand Rapids for said plaintiff and cause the title deed to be made in their joint names with right of survivorship, provided the plaintiff would move into the premises and make a home there for the father. It is undisputed that Glenn E. Gardner did purchase the home but took title in his own name, and plaintiff’s bill seeks specific performance of the claimed oral agreement. The circuit judge after an extended hearing dismissed…