Case Name: WARREN v. HUGO SCHERER ESTATE, INC.
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1935-06-03
Citations: 272 Mich. 254
Docket Number: Docket No. 92, Calendar No. 38,367
Parties: WARREN v. HUGO SCHERER ESTATE, INC.
Judges: Potter, C. J., and Nelson Sharpe, J., concurred with Edward M. Sharpe, J.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 272
Pages: 254–257

Head Matter:
WARREN v. HUGO SCHERER ESTATE, INC.
Vendor and Purchaser—Eraud—Rescission—Limitation op Actions.
Claim of fraud advanced in suit to rescind land contracts for. purchase of subdivision lots -when pressed for payments seven years after execution of contracts held, too stale to justify rescission, such remedy not being available in avoidance of the statute of limitations (3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 13976).
Potter, C. J., and Nelson Sharpe and Edward M. Sharpe, JJ., dissenting.
Appeal from Wayne; Brennan (Vincent M.), J.
Submitted April 9, 1935.
(Docket No. 92, Calendar No. 38,367.)
Decided June 3, 1935.
Rehearing denied September 10, 1935.
Bill by Benjamin H. Warren against Hugo Scherer Estate, Inc., a Michigan corporation, for the cancellation of land contracts and for a money decree. Decree for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
Reversed and bill dismissed.
Duane H. Mosier, for plaintiff.
Warren, Hill, Hamblen, Essery & Lewis (William H. Granse and William H. Gall, of counsel), for defendant.

Opinion:
Wiest, J.
I cannot concur in the opinion of Mr. Justice Edward M. Sharpe.
Plaintiff's claim of fraud is too stale to justify rescission. Rescission is not a remedy available in avoidance of the statute of limitations.
The decree is reversed and the bill dismissed, with costs to defendant.
North, Fead, Butzel, and Bushnell, JJ., concurred with Wiest, J.
See 3 Comp. Laws 1929, § 13976.—Reporter.