Stevens v. City of Muskegon
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Muskegon; Russell, J. Case by Washington C. Stevens against the city of Muskegon for a wrongful interference with his rights under a municipal grant. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error. When the plaintiff had rested his case, the court, upon motion, directed a verdict for the defendant. Several reasons for the motion were assigned, but upon which one the court directed the verdict does not appear.
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Error to Muskegon; Russell, J. Case by Washington C. Stevens against the city of Muskegon for a wrongful interference with his rights under a municipal grant. From a judgment for defendant on verdict directed by the court, plaintiff brings error. When the plaintiff had rested his case, the court, upon motion, directed a verdict for the defendant. Several reasons for the motion were assigned, but upon which one the court directed the verdict does not appear. We can therefore only determine the rights of the parties from the case as made by the plaintiff. On August 13, 1884, the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtGbant, J.
(after stating the facts). 1. If the plaintiff has not become vested with any property rights which courts should protect, it must be in consequence of some inflexible rule of law. The statute of frauds is invoked as imposing such a rule. If the plaintiff’s right rested in parol, it might be held that it was such an interest in land that it could not be acquired by estoppel under the decisions of this court. Huyck v. Bailey, 100 Mich. 223; Wood v. Railroad Co., 90 Mich. 334, and authorities there cited. Courts are not in harmony upon this subject; many authorities holding that municipalities…
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