Avery v. Forest Lawn Cemetery Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Wayne; Hosmer, J. Bill by John H. Avery and others, executors of the last will and testament of Darius N. Avery, deceased, against the Forest Lawn Cemetery Company, to enforce a judgment against defendant by the sale of its lands. The Detroit Savings Bank was permitted to intervene as a defendant. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLong, J.
The bill is filed in this case by the executors of the last will of Darius N. Avery against the Forest Lawn Cemetery Company to obtain a decree against said company authorizing the sale of certain real estate held by the company for cemetery purposes, to pay a judgment obtained by complainants’ testate in the Wayne circuit court on December 31,1898, for $18,519.55 and costs taxed at $22.
The defendant company was organized in 1889 under Act No. 12, Laws 1869, entitled “An act to authorize and encourage the formation of corporations to establish rural cemeteries, and provide for the care and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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