Sec. 4.
Executors, administrators and administrators with will annexed, receivers and trustees, may institute or defend such suits on behalf of their respective estates and trusts and the heirs, devisees, legatees, successors and assigns thereof. Infants and persons under legal disability may institute or defend suits by guardian or next of friend. Every person, including wives of owners, having any interest in such lands, whether in possession or otherwise, who is not a party plaintiff, shall be made a party defendant to such suit. In case of persons interested in such lands whose names are unknown, the bill of complaint shall so state, and such persons may be made parties to such suits by the name and description of "unknown owners."
History: 1941, Act 178, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- CL 1948, 319.104
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 319 - Oil, Gas, and Minerals
Act 178 of 1941 - Oil and Gas Mining (319.101 - 319.110)
Section 319.101 - Mineral Rights in Lands Owned in Undivided Interest; Right of Majority to Develop.
Section 319.102 - Gas and Oil Mining Rights; Definitions.
Section 319.103 - Procedure; Bill of Complaint in Circuit Court in Chancery.
Section 319.104 - Fiduciaries; Right to Prosecute and Defend Suits; Parties.
Section 319.105 - Service of Process Upon Defendants; Manner.
Section 319.106 - Interplea; Appearance by Interested Persons.
Section 319.107 - Quieting of Titles.
Section 319.109 - Lessees Under Oil or Gas Lease; Right to Maintain or Defend Processings.