VanAlstine v. Swanson

Defendant appeals by leave granted from a circuit court opinion affirming the district court’s grant of summary disposition in favor of plaintiff pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(10). We affirm.

The facts are undisputed. On April 6, 1973, plaintiff, George VanAlstine, and his wife, Effie VanAlstine, conveyed by warranty deed certain property to their daughter, Georgia Swanson, and her husband, defendant Stanley Swanson. The VanAlstines reserved a life estate in the property and plaintiff apparently still resides there. Effie VanAlstine died in 1973 and Georgia Swanson died in 1980.

On May 26, 1981,…