Court Opinion

ID: 7958416
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-09-09 00:24:34.716651+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:34:20.940571
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Quinn, J.
Following the decision of this Court in the above case, 76 Mich App 377; 256 NW2d 601 (1977), plaintiff applied for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court. On October 27, 1977, the Supreme Court entered the following order in this cause:
"Leave to appeal considered October 27, 1977. Pursuant to GCR 1963, 853.2(4), in lieu of leave to appeal, the Court of Appeals is reversed and the cause is remanded for consideration of the issues raised in plaintiffs brief in that Court. The Court of Appeals erred in requiring plaintiffs complaint to allege 'ultimate facts’ and in disregarding plaintiffs allegations that plaintiff’s decedent was taken against her will to a vacant house owned by the defendant and there strangled to death. A motion for summary judgment under GCR 1963, 117.2(1) requires that the court 'examine the complaint and decide whether it states a claim. We are not free to disregard any well pleaded fact, nor to expand the allegations by inference.’ Roulo v Automobile Club of Michigan, 386 Mich 324, 326 [192 NW2d 237] (1971). Modern pleading under the General Court Rules of 1963 does not require a complaint to allege 'ultimate facts’. '[A] complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the *227plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.’ Conley v Gibson, 355 US 41, 45; 78 S Ct 99; 2 L Ed 2d 80 (1957). This Court retains no further jurisdiction.” 401 Mich 847 (1977).
On. reconsideration of this case pursuant to the above order, we find that we have no alternative but to reverse the trial court and remand this case for trial.
Reversed and remanded but without costs.