Case ID: mich_46/html/0051-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Marston, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Elizabeth Page v. Robert B. Montgomery et al.
    
      Bill to dear title — Possession neaessa/ry.
    
    A bill to clear title cannot be maintained if at the time of filing it the complainant is not in actual possession of the premises, and especially if a suit at law is pending to settle the right of possession.
    Appeal from Ingham.
    Submitted Apr. 8.
    Decided Apr. 13.
    Bill to clear title.
    Dismissal of bill affirmed.
    
      Gibson & Parkinson for complainant.
    
      H. P. Henderson and M. V. & R. A. Montgomery for defendants.
   Marston, C. J.

~We shall not enter upon any discussion of the merits in this case as we find, objections fatal to the complainant’s obtaining the relief sought, in a court of chancery.

It appears and is not disputed that the complainant was not in possession of the premises at the time of filing her bill of complaint, and that one of the defendants was in actual possession, and it also appears that a suit was actually pending in the circuit court to settle the'right of possession, and that the same is still pending and undetermined. The complainant has therefore a remedy at law and should pursue it.

The decree dismissing the bill will be affirmed with costs, but so modified as to be without prejudice.

The other Justices concurred.