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GOODWIN, INC. v. ORSON E COE PONTIAC, INC.

No. 2 November Term 1973, Docket No. 54,526.

392 Mich. 195 (1974)

220 N.W.2d 664

GOODWIN, INC. v. ORSON E COE PONTIAC, INC.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 2, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warner, Norcross & Judd (by William K. Holmes and William H. Heritage, Jr.), for plaintiff.

Cholette, Perkins & Buchanan (by Edward D. Wells), for defendants.

Decided August 2, 1974. See order on application for rehearing at end of opinion, p 219.

WILLIAMS, J.

This case forcefully demonstrates the costly consequences of formally contracting to buy and sell realty without describing it precisely in metes and bounds. The written contract of the parties refers to the realty conveyed merely as:

"[P]roperty owned by Seller on 28th Street, Grand Rapids, Michigan, approximately...

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