Legal Opinion
City of Pontiac v. Ducharme
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided December 28, 1936No. Docket No. 79, Calendar No. 38,484PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNorth, C. J.
By its hill of complaint the city of Pontiac seeks cancellation of a contract under which it was purchasing from defendants Ducharme a parcel of land to be used for a sewage disposal site; and also the city seeks to be reimbursed for payments heretofore made on the contract and for payments of taxes on the property. The bill of complaint was dismissed and plaintiff has appealed.
The land contract, dated September 4, 1929, provided for the purchase of a parcel of land outside the city limits of Pontiac at a price of $87,460.72. At its inception the contract ran to Lloyd S. Linton as vendee. As…
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