Court Opinion

ID: 3491031
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 21:59:29.395189+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:36.586812
License: Public Domain

Plaintiff filed the bill herein to have the amount due under a land contract determined and to restrain a summary proceeding brought to oust her from the premises. Defendant, under special appearance, moved to dismiss the bill because of former adjudication between the parties in the same court, failure of plaintiff to give a bond upon *Page 680 
staying by injunction the summary proceeding, and plaintiff had an adequate remedy at law. The motion was granted, and plaintiff reviews by appeal.
Failure to give a stay bond justified release of the injunction, but not dismissal of the bill. Former adjudication must be pleaded in bar, and cannot be considered under a special appearance and motion to dismiss. The court was in error in adjudging that a former adjudication barred this suit. Such an issue required a plea in bar and proof in support thereof. Vyse v. Richards, 208 Mich. 383; Red Star MotorDrivers' Ass'n v. City of Detroit, 244 Mich. 480;Chatham-Trenary Land Co. v. Swigart, 245 Mich. 430.
The record before us contains the bill of complaint and special motion. The bill of complaint does not present the question of former adjudication. Extrinsic proof was necessary. In the summary proceeding judgment passed against plaintiff, and the bill herein was filed just before writ of restitution could have been issued. The bill was properly dismissed. SeeBassett v. Trinity Building Co., ante, 207; Pariseau v. TrinityBuilding Co., ante, 213.
For the reason mentioned, the decree is affirmed, with costs to defendant.
BUTZEL, C.J., and CLARK, McDONALD, POTTER, SHARPE, NORTH, and FEAD, JJ., concurred. *Page 681