Fields v. Colby
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Livingston. (Person, J.) Bill to restrain defendant from taking further proceedings to open a highway. Complainant appeals. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
A decree was entered in the court below dismissing complainant’s bill, from which he appeals. The record returned here contains the bill, answer, replication, decree, and a claimed copy of the proofs taken in open court; but, as no case was settled as provided by statute, the proofs cannot be considered. The appeal will not be dismissed, but the case heard here on bill and answer/
A bill in equity is no. evidence for complainant; and where the case is submitted on bill and answer, and no exceptions are filed to the latter, relief must be based on the admissions in the answer; and, if it denies…
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