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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961

600.2924 Bill of discovery.

Sec. 2924.

An equitable action seeking relief in the nature of a bill of discovery may be filed and the defendant shall be compelled to answer, where the defendant is charged with having given to another person a power of attorney to enter up a judgment, or with having confessed or suffered any judgment, purporting to be for a sum or debt due, when in fact nothing, or only a part of the sum mentioned in such power of attorney or judgment is due, with intention to defraud the just creditors of such defendant, or to place the property of the defendant out of the reach of his creditors, or to hold the same in some secret trust or confidence, or for the benefit of such defendant.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963

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Statutes > Michigan > Chapter-600 > Act-236-of-1961 > 236-1961-29 > Section-600-2924

REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961

600.2924 Bill of discovery.

Sec. 2924.

An equitable action seeking relief in the nature of a bill of discovery may be filed and the defendant shall be compelled to answer, where the defendant is charged with having given to another person a power of attorney to enter up a judgment, or with having confessed or suffered any judgment, purporting to be for a sum or debt due, when in fact nothing, or only a part of the sum mentioned in such power of attorney or judgment is due, with intention to defraud the just creditors of such defendant, or to place the property of the defendant out of the reach of his creditors, or to hold the same in some secret trust or confidence, or for the benefit of such defendant.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961 (EXCERPT)
Act 236 of 1961

600.2924 Bill of discovery.

Sec. 2924.

An equitable action seeking relief in the nature of a bill of discovery may be filed and the defendant shall be compelled to answer, where the defendant is charged with having given to another person a power of attorney to enter up a judgment, or with having confessed or suffered any judgment, purporting to be for a sum or debt due, when in fact nothing, or only a part of the sum mentioned in such power of attorney or judgment is due, with intention to defraud the just creditors of such defendant, or to place the property of the defendant out of the reach of his creditors, or to hold the same in some secret trust or confidence, or for the benefit of such defendant.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963