Willsmore v. Oceola Township

An appeal is taken from an order of the Livingston County Circuit Court awarding money found in a suitcase buried on vacant, open and unimproved land to the finder, Duane Willsmore, and the Township of Oceola, pursuant to the provisions of the Lost Goods and Stray Beasts Act, MCL 434.1 et seq.; MSA 18.701 et seq., (hereinafter referred to as the "Lost Goods Act”). Interested persons are referred to a prior decision of this Court upon appeal from a summary judgment entered in this case. Doe v Oceola Twp, 84 Mich App 514; 270 NW2d 254 (1978).

This case is framed as a declaratory judgment action…