Case Name: FLOOD v. JOHNSTON
Court: Michigan Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Decision Date: 1932-04-06
Citations: 258 Mich. 354
Docket Number: Docket No. 166, Calendar No. 36,245
Parties: FLOOD v. JOHNSTON.
Judges: Clark, C. J., and McDonald, Potter, North, Fead, Wiest, and Butzel, JJ., concurred.
Reporter: Michigan Reports
Volume: 258
Pages: 354–354

Head Matter:
FLOOD v. JOHNSTON.
Contracts — Public Policy — Champerty and Maintenance.
Contract under wliich third party is to maintain and finance litigation for cancellation of oil and gas lease, and to profit thereby by receiving lease if litigation is successful, is void as against public policy. Controlled by Fetters v. Wittmer Oil & Gas Properties, ante, 310.
. Appeal' from Isabella; Hart (Ray), J.
Submitted January 15, 1932.
(Docket No. 166, Calendar No. 36,245.)
Decided April 6, 1932.
Bill by Peter Flood against Edmund E. Johnston to cancel an agreement to execute an oil and gas lease. Decree for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
Affirmed.
Gerald J. Cotter, James E. By am,, and Virgil Mc-Clintic, for plaintiff.
O’Keefe S O’Keefe, for defendant.

Opinion:
Sharpe, J.
The contract which plaintiff here seeks to have canceled and declared null and void is similar in all respects to that entered into between Mary Fetters and Johnston in Fetters v. Wittmer Oil & Gas Properties, ante, 310. In that case it was held to be void as against public policy. The decree of the trial court holding it to be null and void in this case is affirmed, with costs to appellee.
Clark, C. J., and McDonald, Potter, North, Fead, Wiest, and Butzel, JJ., concurred.