Briggs v. Briggs
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Kent; Grove, J. Bill by Melissa M. Briggs and others against Spencer B. Briggs and Sarah A. Briggs for the specific performance of a verbal contract to convey land. From a decree for complainants, defendants- appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, C. J.
This bill of- complaint was filed in April, 1896, asking for the specific performance of a contract. The complainant Melissa M. Briggs is the widow, and Eva May Briggs the infant daughter, of Elias V. Briggs, deceased, and, through him, claim the right to a conveyance of an 80-acre farm in Solon township, Kent county, Mich., the legal title to one-half of which stands in the defendant Sarah A. Briggs, and the legal title to the other half in the defendant Spencer B. Briggs, who were the mother and father of the deceased, Elias V. Briggs. The bill alleges a gift of the premises, and an oral…
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