Nichols v. Burcham
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Iosco; Connine, J. Bill by Roland A. Nichols against John Burcham, Albert Burcham and Mott Hicks for the specific enforcement of a contract to convey land. From a decree for complainant, defendant Hicks appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
The complainant began this proceeding to have a land contract made with defendants Burcham specifically enforced, and to enjoin proceedings at law. The chancellor who heard the case made a decree agreeable to the prayer of the bill, and defendant Hicks has appealed. The land in question consists of 83 acres bordering on Long Lake in Iosco county. The real contest is between the complainant Nichols and defendant Hicks. It appears that both of these parties were nonresidents of the State, and that they began to bargain for the land at about the same time. The title to the land was held by…
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