Woodworth v. Porter
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kent; McDonald (John S.), J. Bill by Irving Woodworth against Benjamin C. Porter, executor of the last will of Abby R. Burnham, deceased, and others, for the specific performance of a land contract. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
This proceeding was begun to specifically enforce a farm land contract claimed to have been executed in the year 1890. Before hearing, the case was in this court on a motion to dismiss on the claimed insufficiency of the bill of complaint. The objections raised therein were overruled (213 Mich. 341). The case presented by plaintiff in his bill, in substance, is that in 1883 Ira Y. Burnham and his wife Abby lived on a tract of land in Georgetown township, Ottawa county, about 18 miles from Grand Rapids, consisting of several hundred acres. Only a small part of this ¡was cleared and fit for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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