Ingersoll Engineering & Constructing Co. v. Crocker
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from'the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan; Arthur J. Tuttle, Judge. Suit in equity by Martin Crocker against the Ingersoll Engineering & Constructing Company. Decree for complainant (205 Eed. 99), and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
DENISON, Circuit Judge.
The appellee filed a hill in equity in one of the state courts in Michigan, making the Ingersoll Company defendant, and alleging that Mr. Crocker, as vendor, had made in 1898 an executory contract of sale to the Ingersoll Company, as vendee, covering part of block 1, Dickinson’s addition to.tire city of Mt. Clemens; that the vendee had failed to perform the conditions and thereupon the vendor had forfeited the contract and re-entered; that the contract had been placed upon record and constituted a cloud on vendor’s title. The bill prayed that this cloud might be removed…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Rowland v. . MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1893
- Blanchard v. Detroit, Lansing & Lake Michigan RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
- Brokaw v. . DuffyNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Batley v. FoerdererSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
- Allen v. AtkinsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1870
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