Mullreed v. Thumb
Mullreed v. Thumb
Opinion of the Court
The history and nature of this controversy will be found in the cases of Mullreed v. Clark, 110 Mich. 229, and Mullreed v. Thumb, 116 Mich. 440. The
The estate of James Phillips was not limited to this land. There was considerable personal property, and few claims besides Mrs. Mullreed’s, though it does not appear how much Mrs. Mullreed received upon her $3,000 claim. Mrs. Thumb had an undoubted right to appeal from the allowance of this claim, and she relinquished this, and quitclaimed her interest in the land as heir of James Phillips, and received therefor a deed to 24 acres of land. The complainant is in no position to put Mrs. Thumb in statu quo, as she has lost her right to contest the claim. The relinquishment of her right to appeal was a valid consideration, and there would be as great a probability of injuring Mrs. Thumb by permitting a rescission as. there could be of injuring the complainant by denying it. The former opinion seems to limit the complainant to an amendment with a view to reforming the deed so that he might receive a twelfth interest, and contains no hint that rescission would be allowed. We are not convinced that it would be equitable, if the right is not excluded by our former decision.
The decree is affirmed.
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