Legal Opinion

Hack v. Concrete Wall Company

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided October 7, 1957No. Docket 89, Calendar 47,077PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.

(after stating the facts, for reversal). This case was originally assigned to a brother Justice. It was' reassigned to the writer July 1, 1957.

The decisive,question is whether plaintiff’s bill of complaint states an. .appropriate case for consider ation of equity. If it does, and for presently-stated reasons we so hold, this record of 333 printed pages proves again that disposition of chancery eases on motion to dismiss is a practice to be avoided save only when it is clear on face of the bill that equity is without jurisdiction to grant any relief (shaped by the hand of the chancellor rather…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Graf v. Hope Building Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1930
  2. Anway v. Grand Rapids Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America v. Otis Elevator Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1946
  4. Township of Hart v. NoretMichigan Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Great Lakes Realty Corp. v. PetersMichigan Supreme Court · 1953

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Husted v. Consumers Power Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Hack Investment Co. v. Concrete Wall Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1959
  3. Ellis v. PhillipsMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
  4. American Eutectic Welding Alloys Sales Co. v. GrierMichigan Supreme Court · 1961
  5. Worthington Corporation, a Delaware Corporation v. Lease Management, Inc., a Michigan CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965

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