KITCHEN v. KITCHEN

Docket No. 116459, Calendar No. 3.

641 N.W.2d 245 (2002)

465 Mich. 654

William C. KITCHEN, Kitchen Farms, Inc., a Michigan corporation, and Kitchen Farms, a Michigan copartnership, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert W. KITCHEN and Harriet Ann Kitchen, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis & Dunlap, P.C. (by Michael E. Cavanaugh, Mark R. Fox, and Graham K. Crabtree), Lansing, and Brandt, Fisher, Alward & Roy, P.C. (by Edgar Roy III), Traverse City, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Bowerman, Bowden & Moothart, P.C. (by Jonathan R. Moothart), Traverse City, for the defendants-appellees.


MARILYN J. KELLY, J.

In this case, we are called upon to resolve whether an oral license for the use of real property can become irrevocable by estoppel alone. We hold that under Michigan law it cannot.

The central issue here is whether the principle of estoppel applies to prevent defendants from revoking an alleged license they granted to plaintiffs for use of their property. Plaintiffs contend that (1) the principal...

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