Legal Opinion

Howard v. Factory Land Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided May 8, 1911No. Docket No. 112PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from St. Clair; Law, J. Bill by Rose Howard against the Factory Land Company, Limited, George B. Lloyd, Yiolet Lloyd, Emery Brown, William A. Jowett, and Mary A. Jowett to foreclose a land contract. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. Error to Muskegon; Davis, J., presiding. Case by Sena Pearson against Charles Schoenberg for unlawful sales of intoxicating liquors to plaintiff’s husband. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the CourtBlair, J.

The bill of complaint in this suit was filed by complainant, as heir at law and devisee of Peter Landschoot, to foreclose a contract for the sale of land, dated March 11, 1903, signed by Peter Landschoot, as vendor, and the Factory Land Company, Limited, by W. L. Jenks, chairman, as vendee.

The defendant company was organized under Act 191 of the Public Acts of 1877, art. 3 (2 Comp. Laws, § 6079 et seq.), defining its business as the purchasing, improving, and selling of land, encouraging manufacturing, building, and renting of houses, warehouses, docks, factories, etc. The records of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Citizens' Savings Bank v. VaughanMichigan Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Hoyt v. Paw Paw Grape Juice Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Armstrong v. StearnsMichigan Supreme Court · 1909
  4. Rhoades v. Malta Vita Pure Food Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Beach v. Business Man's Publishing Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1910

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Geel v. GouldenMichigan Supreme Court · 1912

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