Evans Products Co. v. State Board of Escheats

Evans Products Company, a Delaware corporation, filed a petition for a declaration of rights, in the circuit court for Ingham county, under Act No. 36, Pub. Acts 1929 (3 Comp. Laws 1929, §§13903-13909 [Stat. Ann. §§27.501-27.507]). Subsequently, the Consumers Power Company, Pere Marquette Railway Company, and the New York Central Railroad Company upon leave granted in the court below were allowed to intervene as plaintiffs. The defendants constitute the State board of escheats, the attorney general, and the State public administrator. In their petitions plaintiffs asked the court to hold Act…