OLLIG v. EAGLES

Docket No. 59, Calendar No. 46,761.

347 Mich. 49 (1956)

78 N.W.2d 553

OLLIG v. EAGLES.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Rehearing denied December 4, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaBarge, Kramer, Hudnut & Cashen (James H. Hudnut, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Leo B. Lange (Meyer Weisenfeld, of counsel), for defendant.


EDWARDS, J.

This suit is a chancery action brought by a man who built a house on land he mistakenly believed to belong to his wife, but which, on her death, proved to belong to another. The latter, knowing he had title, had silently watched and even assisted in the building.

The builder seeks title or compensation. The owner contends that the law allows no recovery for such a mistake. The trial judge below denied relief, saying, this is "a strange case."<...

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